return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoDevastated 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 $20www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square190linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkDevastated 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 $20www.tomshardware.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square190linkfedilink
minus-squaredurably465@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoYeah that’s why I only put virtual card number with a short expiration date and a locked amount.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoKlarna has one-time digital burner cards you can create within the app. Very good for certain situations.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoklarna is a shit company for everything else, sadly They are arguably worse than paypal nowadays, in regards to consumer treatment
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoHow so? I’ve not seen anything in the news, and they’ve treated me well so far. Anything to share regarding that? I’m curious.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoIt’s mostly their “pay later” stuff, which is quite predatory and has horrible terms for the users But they had trouble with shitty behavior towards customers, employees and bad data privacy in the past as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klarna#Regulation_and_controversies
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoInteresting, that’s quite the list. I suppose that’s natural regarding a relatively new form of financial business?
Yeah that’s why I only put virtual card number with a short expiration date and a locked amount.
Klarna has one-time digital burner cards you can create within the app. Very good for certain situations.
klarna is a shit company for everything else, sadly
They are arguably worse than paypal nowadays, in regards to consumer treatment
How so? I’ve not seen anything in the news, and they’ve treated me well so far.
Anything to share regarding that? I’m curious.
It’s mostly their “pay later” stuff, which is quite predatory and has horrible terms for the users
But they had trouble with shitty behavior towards customers, employees and bad data privacy in the past as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klarna#Regulation_and_controversies
Interesting, that’s quite the list. I suppose that’s natural regarding a relatively new form of financial business?