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Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ads

58 points · 77 comments · vanburen

  1. nkrisc · · focus · HN ↗
    There are so many things wrong with this story before you even get to the headline.

    From the information in the article, I can’t really blame Google for this one. This was a series of deliberate blunders on the part of the father. The first blunder was letting a 9 year old have a YouTube account.

    Putting aside whether a 9 year old should be making videos, the father should have been the one with the account and managing the channel.

    1. account42 · · focus · HN ↗
      Yes and showing the kid how to spam others when he's unhappy with not having as many viewers ad professional streamers is also questionable.
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