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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
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
Replying to @return2ozma@lemmy.world
Shit dad overall
Replying to @87Six@lemmy.zip
Why
Replying to @BananaLama@lemmy.ml
Because he couldn’t educate his child enough
That child is done for.
Replying to @87Six@lemmy.zip
to know minecraft videos aren’t gonna be profitable starting solo in 2026
How is this something you’d expect from a dad?
Replying to @LaggyKar@programming.dev
because it’s common sense that spending over 100k while earning 0 is not profitable
Replying to @87Six@lemmy.zip
That’s not what the quote said, it was about the profitability of Minecraft videos. In this part the advertisement cost ran away, but it’s not like 100k worth of advertisements is an inherent requirement for making Minecraft videos. And knowing possible earnings from a particular YouTube genre is certainly not common sense.