[lovingCranberry]

Hmm, in Germany children and teens can still enter contracts, as long as they are able to pay it with their monthly pocket money. Every single thing you buy here in a supermarket is also an implicit contract (Kaufvertrag).

So, you could theoretically rent servers and buy ad space on Adsense as long your pocket money covers it. On the other hand: this is a liability for Google and $provider -- as most of them are post-pay. If a teen ever decides to spawn an A1000 instance with 36 cores and cannot pay, the contract is void and Google has no entitlement for compensation.

Pre-paid stuff like a small instance on vultr.com should work fine, though.

[HWR_14]

How would the counter party know how much pocket money any given child has?

[usr1106]

I believe to remember that the contract is valid if a minor of that age typically has that amount of money available and can understand the consequences of the contract. So the business owner does not need to know how much money the particulur kid gets. If the particular kid gets exceptionally small pocket money the contract is valid and the parents are responsible for its legal implications.

Of course what is typical for a certain age might end up for interpretation by the courts in the worst case (and occasionally it does).

[HWR_14]

How much money does, for example, a fifteen year old typically have?

Is pocket money universal? I thought it was somewhat outdated as a concept, but it could just be the archaic term.

[usr1106]

I have not heard that it would be outdated as a concept. What would be the replacement? To my understanding it is generally recommended the give minors some money. And parents should not interfere much even if they disagree how it's spent.

What the term would be in English speaking countries I have no idea if pocket money sounds archaic. The translation sounds good to me not being a native speaker.

The sum might depend a lot on the country. I have no contacts to 16 year olds so I can't tell.

[usr1106]

https://www.wiado.de/taschengeldparagraph-was-ist-das/ has a table. It doesn't look completely unreasonable for Germany. Please note that this is not a law, so if a case goes the court the judge might come to slightly different figures.

[jotm]

Postpaid was my favorite when I was a poor 16 year old.

I couldn't believe you can rent 12 core servers for 3 months and not pay for it!

Yes, I know it was illegal lol