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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)

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[–] LaggyKar@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

to know minecraft videos aren’t gonna be profitable starting solo in 2026

How is this something you'd expect from a dad?

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[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip -5 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

because it's common sense that spending over 100k while earning 0 is not profitable

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