ryujin470@fedia.io to Technology@beehaw.org · 16 hours agoThose YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three monthswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down10
arrow-up164arrow-down1external-linkThose YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three monthswww.pcgamer.comryujin470@fedia.io to Technology@beehaw.org · 16 hours agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up19·edit-213 hours agoIt’s a scam: Add ads People ignore the ads Companies still pay for the ads Profit! 🤑 Let people pay for no ads Profit!! 🤑🤑 Content adds product placement Companies pay for product placement Profit!!! 🤑🤑🤑 Make ads more obnoxious People use more advanced ad blockers Companies still pay extra for new ads Profit!!! 🤑🤑🤑🤑 …etc
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoIn what sense is this a scam?
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoAt every step they get someone to pay for less than what they promise: advertisers pay for more than their effective reach, consumers get more ads than what they pay to remove, content creators get paid a fraction of less than what they generate.
It’s a scam:
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In what sense is this a scam?
At every step they get someone to pay for less than what they promise: advertisers pay for more than their effective reach, consumers get more ads than what they pay to remove, content creators get paid a fraction of less than what they generate.
i hope nebula stays nice and clean