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So instead of giving the guardian of said teenager 200k to do with as they/he/she pleases in the interest of the child

A lot of people are jackwagons and will spend the money on whatever they want instead of their child's education. This way Apple gets to make sure it goes to the child's future.

Source: Had to finance a big portion of college on MasterCard.

This is why.

One of my ex's maternal grandma left her a little over $100K for college. The grandma trusted her daughter and son in law to manage it. The parents divorced and the mother went wild for a while and spend it on drugs, partying, and vacations. My ex ended up taking a bit OSAP.

> when the government does it, it's what?

Unremarkable and not newsworthy?

They also paid some (undisclosed) amount of cash to the family.

Componism