Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

To the surprise of no one, Google is being accused of abusing its power with ads

www.theregister.com

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To the surprise of no one, Google is being accused of abusing its power with ads

www.theregister.com

Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

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Google accused of running TrueView video ads no one watched

www.theregister.com

Web giant also hits back ... right as YouTube steps up war on advert blockers

TLDR of the article:

Google is showing ads outside of YT, in those side players that everyone hates while they just want to read articles, but counting them as normal views.

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I bet million of chromecasts are streaming videos while noone is watching. That is where they play the 10 min plus ads :D

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