[email protected]English • 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

[email protected]English • 1 year ago

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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