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Could you create a separate account for the tablet without that credit card? Just curious.

but then how do you pay for things if/when you want to buy the little one something?

you either add the card then remove it, get a separate card, or find a way to use credits somehow -- but in the case of the latter two, Junior could still slam a few buttons and eat up all available funds on that card -- just without the impact of your regular card.

This is something that Apple really got right. My kids can initiate any kind of purchase they want (At least, those that are allowed based on Screen Time controls) but every purchase stops and waits for approval from me or my wife. Even if the item is free. No faffing about with credits, or extra cards, or setting limits.

privacy.com lets you generate credit card numbers on the fly

Just use a bank with a decent service (like Revolut), create a separate card number for your kid (10s within the bank app), where you put more money when needed and can easily put the number on hold or activate it whenever you please.

Like this Revolut?

https://cybernews.com/security/revolut-data-breach-75-millio...

> After the publication went live, Revolut reassured that the review is still ongoing. "We have so far still found no indications of any breach."

> "We have checked the user and card identifiers contained in the alleged records against our systems, and none of them correspond to valid or genuine Revolut identifiers," the spokesperson said.

A bank that cannot be used in the browser has no decent service.

The parent had a practical problem. I told him what kind of simple banking feature would easily solve it. I also mentioned a bank, which has it for sure.

For sure, this feature is not a Revolut-exclusive. Plata from Mexico should also have this and much more, from what I have read.

If American/European banks don't have such a simple feature, this speaks volumes about them.

Your comment has a vibe of "a bank that doesn't have a local office has no decent service". To each their own, I guess.

>I also mentioned a bank

if you're not in the US. revolut in the US is a fintech group with a bunch of bank partners.

I mean, you can gift things when you purchase them, not sure why that can't be a way. But I still agree it's silly to have the customers find work arounds.

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