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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  • DaveyRocket@lemmy.worldEnglish
    163·
    3 days ago

    Parents are going up against multi-billion dollar companies, no one has sufficent parenting skills for this except the Amish.

    • athatet@lemmy.zipEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      Well sure but I mean, just don’t set up the YouTube channel for your 9 year old? Seems pretty simple to me.

      • DaveyRocket@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        3 days ago

        Everything about kids is simple when you take a magnifying glass to any parent’s mistake. Anyone who thinks it’s easy is probably fucking up their kid royally.