Per Family Accounts: An Elder Spent Over RMB 200,000 on Short Dramas in Two Years? How to Turn Off Auto-Renewals for Your Parents
Recently, news about “an elderly person making huge short-drama top-ups” made many adult children’s hearts tighten. According to reports by IT Times and other media, and as told by the family members involved: an elder nearly 70 years old made 4,887 short-drama top-ups over more than two years, totaling about RMB 225,800, involving 365 short-drama venues, of which 1,857 payments occurred between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. the next morning; separately reported, in Hebei another “post-1950s” elder topped up more than RMB 50,000 in a year and a half. ...