this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2026
297 points (99.3% liked)
Technology
85355 readers
5340 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related news or articles.
- Be excellent to each other!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
- Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.
Approved Bots
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I remember saving up for those and then spending the money in Steam sales. Shame for all the kids who want to buy games that can't use their parents credit card.
parents should just use PayPal. it requires you to approve purchases.
that or setup a steam family.
No one should use PayPal if they can help it.
I have to use it for a side gig I do. I make sure that as soon as money hits PayPal it goes right out and into my bank account. Fuck PayPal.
My bank lets me set up a kid debit card, I can see and approve purchases and set limits.
Also, IMO kids should either ask their parents to buy a game for them, or be old enough to have their own bank account.
Giving your kid a credit card is how they end up with a gambling addiction because AAA is an unsanctioned casino.