# Crackdown on Long-Term Student Discount Abusers Is Coming 🚨

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/crackdown-on-long-term-student-discount-abusers-is-coming/288696>\
**Category:** News & Articles\
**Tags:** freebies\
**Created:** [August 10, 2024, 7:12am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/crackdown-on-long-term-student-discount-abusers-is-coming/288696 "2024-08-10T07:12:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheJoker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/thejoker/32/22660_2.png) [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 7:12am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/crackdown-on-long-term-student-discount-abusers-is-coming/288696/1 "2024-08-10T07:12:44Z")

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**Summary:**

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1. **Tightening Eligibility**  
Major U.S. companies like **Amazon** and **Spotify** are **cracking down** on graduates exploiting **student discounts** after leaving school.

2. **Verification Services**  
Firms are partnering with **SheerID** to **validate student status** , ending years of lax enforcement.

3. **Guarding Against Fraud**  
SheerID claims to have helped prevent **$2 billion in fraudulent discounts** last year, while also building **brand loyalty** among genuine student customers.

**Read more at:** [MSN](https://msn.com)

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**Author:** ![jim\_ross](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/jim_ross/32/120087_2.png) [@jim\_ross](https://onehack.st/u/jim_ross)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/crackdown-on-long-term-student-discount-abusers-is-coming/288696/2 "2024-08-10T12:48:52Z")

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Good, finally they are doing something…

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**Author:** ![Jared](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/jared/32/38087_2.png) [@Jared](https://onehack.st/u/Jared)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/crackdown-on-long-term-student-discount-abusers-is-coming/288696/3 "2024-08-10T13:44:56Z")

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Discounts encourage people to continue paying when they otherwise wouldn’t. This will most likely lead to lower consumer spending and increasing piracy.