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It's more shocking to me that parents are giving their kids cards and making them use apps for allowance.
by beshrkayali 5y ago
It's more shocking to me that parents are giving their kids cards and making them use apps for allowance.
- monkeybutton 5y agoIs it that shocking? I can count the number of times I used cash in the last 2 years on one hand thanks to covid. Everywhere that was a hold-out was forced adopt the "tap" cards. By the time I have kids and they grow up enough to start having an allowance will be 10 years from now and I don't think we'll be using cash more than now. The people making these apps obviously see that trend too.
- jenkstom 5y agoI'm guessing you aren't a parent. How else can they buy those Fortnite skins? Robux? Minecoins?
- markzzerella 5y agoIf my kid isn't as offended by that stuff as I was when Bethesda rolled out horse armor as paid dlc then I raised them wrong.
- maximus-decimus 5y agoLol, the art of milking people has been perfected since then. You kid also won't have the same expectations as you of not paying for dlcs since that's just not the world they're gonna have grown in. Hell, even car companies are trying their best to turn cars into a subscription service.
- closeparen 5y agoWe kept a ledger on the fridge where we credited my allowance and debited my purchases on my mom’s credit card. I didn’t have a smartphone but I could text. Around 14 I wrote a little Rails app that would receive transactions via SMS from Twilio. We never ended up using it but it was fun to write. Shortly after that I got a joint checking account with a debit card in my name. Not surprised at all.