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
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  • thebestaquaman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    277·
    10 hours ago
    • 9 yo Kid is making vidya
    • Doesn’t have many viewers
    • Want to make kid happy
    • Spend 20 $ on ads
    • maybe_a_couple_views.png
    • Three weeks later
    • I’m literally 118 009 $ in debt

    MFW

    Honestly, if you can’t understand how absolutely debilitating this is over a tiny misstep, I hardly know what to say. People commit manslaughter and get off easier that this. It’s in no way reasonable to say that “Oh, you shouldn’t have used the company card to pay 20$ for your kid - you deserve life-ruining debt”.

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      112·
      8 hours ago

      Allowing a child to associate their happiness with view counts is a terrible idea. Already too many sociopaths in “content creation” as it is.