ijeff to [email protected]English • 1 year agoYouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockerswww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square497fedilinkarrow-up12.07Kcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up12.07Kexternal-linkYouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockerswww.androidauthority.comijeff to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square497fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish98•1 year agoYoutube is a perfect example of why ad blockers exist. They use ridiculous ad volumes and spy on their users for data to sell.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish20•1 year agoive had ads longer than the video i watch and then ads when that video ends
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoYouTube doesn’t sell user data, the data is for targeting ads.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoYou realize Google owns YouTube, right? 😆
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoGoogle owns YouTube and the AdSense advertising network. They don’t need to sell the data to advertisers because they are the advertiser. It’s more valuable for them to just hoard that for forever and use it for ad targeting.
Youtube is a perfect example of why ad blockers exist. They use ridiculous ad volumes and spy on their users for data to sell.
ive had ads longer than the video i watch and then ads when that video ends
YouTube doesn’t sell user data, the data is for targeting ads.
You realize Google owns YouTube, right? 😆
Google owns YouTube and the AdSense advertising network. They don’t need to sell the data to advertisers because they are the advertiser. It’s more valuable for them to just hoard that for forever and use it for ad targeting.