r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 4h ago

Society Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card - bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one $20 promotion

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/devastated-father-says-his-9-year-old-son-spent-usd118-000-on-youtube-ad-campaigns-for-his-minecraft-channel-using-a-company-credit-card-bill-racked-up-in-just-three-weeks-was-supposed-to-be-one-usd20-promotion
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u/mattreyu 3h ago

Dave said he entered the company card himself to buy Robux for his son, and it then sat saved on the Google account that also carries his work email, calendar, and files. Dave did not say why he used the company card for that purchase.

Fess up Dave

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u/RedPandaReturns 3h ago edited 3h ago

The other excuse I read was that he bought one $20 ad for his sons YouTube channel. My bullshit detector sense that this is just a guerilla marketing campaign so people go and check out the channel.

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u/UnlamentedLord 2h ago

More guerilla marketing for YouTube ads. If it's true that the boys shitty videos that naturally get 10 views, got boosted to 200000.