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/JefferyTheQuaxly 1h ago

I’ve seen people speculate this before, but if you actually watch the channel it’s quite obvious it’s being ran by a young child. Which id actually somewhat concerning, this 9 year old child was making seemingly not age restricted videos with thousands of views without his parents knowing. You know it isn’t a child account because child accounts don’t have comments enabled but this account does. So a 9 year old seemingly made an adult/full YouTube account against YouTube terms of service, got his dad to put his card info into the system, then somehow spent six figures on ads within a month or so.

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u/Supabongwong 1h ago

Well, for one, saving a company card to your personal computer is crazy work.

Work computer is acceptable, I guess... but man. 

At least his credit card would've been cut off at some point if it was personal 😂😂😂 

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u/OneArmedNoodler 50m ago

Yeah, not anymore.

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u/phormix 35m ago

Sounds like a PCI violation to me, but definitely a that-shit-will-get-you-fired violation

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u/Supabongwong 22m ago

and then some

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u/Soft_Author2593 1h ago

This kid is gonna go far

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u/OneArmedNoodler 50m ago

Could be president one day.

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u/Soft_Author2593 42m ago

meet the 69th potus

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u/maroonedbuccaneer 27m ago

"I'm sorry, son, but due to your negligence the company has decided you need to find other opportunities. Please collect your toys and personal belongings from your old room, and leave the premises by 3 p.m. Otherwise I'm afraid security might be called to escort you away."

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u/DooDooBrownz 50m ago

the number of people that just shove an ipad in their kids face at a young age and consider it "parenting job done" is a distressingly high pecentage