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  • Didn't the card have a limit?
    by zwischenzug
  • Do not let that kid (or his dad) anywhere near an OpenClaw instance.
    by lo_fye
  • When I was 9, long ago in the dial-up age, I dialed into a long distance number within our area code and we got a $100 charge for my using Active Worlds.

    Suddenly, I don't feel so bad about that anymore.

    by ModernMech
  • I feel like there is a bizarro world I’m not privy to….

    I cannot relate to this story as a Dad of a 7 year old..

    1. Dad setting his son up on YouTube with his own channel at 9!

    2. Proceeding to tell him about the creepy world of ads and targeting.

    3. Creating an ad campaign for the kid!

    4. Putting that charge on a company card!

    5. Saving the card in an online account! Probably means the kid was using the Dad’s account?

    6. When things go south, even saying the words “matter has been escalated and he does not yet know whether he will get to keep his job or have to repay the costs.” as if it is all the universe’s or someone else’s fault… or such a common mishap that it is worthy of just waived away.

    As judgemental as it sounds… I feel sad for the outcome, but even more sad if this is the normal in our society of today :-(

    by reacharavindh
  • This is one reason why I don't save my payment method for anything. No saved payment method means one less way for surprise charges.
    by theandrewbailey
  • I feel something is horribly wrong with these ad-companies if there is no contact and automatic approval for spending over 100k on ads... From seemingly small and unknown entity.

    I would expect some verification or contact, but maybe I just don't understand how world operates...

    by Ekaros
  • 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.

    by nkrisc
  • The craziest part of this story, for me, is it was on the dad’s _company_ credit card. Which might not be as surprising except the reason it was already on file is because the dad used his company’s (not _his_ company, the company he works for as an employee) credit card to buy Roblox for his son previously.

    Is this common? I’ve had access to company credit cards before on a one-off basis (never in my name). Do people legitimately make this mistake? “oops, I put it on the company cards”?

    by joshstrange

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