Ask HN: Are YouTube ads getting worse?

Re:Ask HN: Are YouTube ads getting worse? by ravenstine on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @09:30AM (#23769683)

I don't see YouTube ads because of uBlock Origin, but from what I can tell from other people's computers not having any form of adblock, I've seen that Adsense serves scam ads all the time, so it wouldn't surprise me if YouTube ads were the same. (It's astounding how these corporations can hold the mantle of "fact checking" but are happy to serve potentially dangerous bullshit when it helps their bottom line)

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Re:Ask HN: Are YouTube ads getting worse? by fheilz on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @11:34AM (#23770913)

I use ublock too. I only see ads on mobile. I have started screenshotting all of the scams I see. Maybe I will send them all to the FTC at some point.

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Re:Ask HN: Are YouTube ads getting worse? by space-candy on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @09:44AM (#23769804)

I have gotten some scam ads recently, although I do not get them exclusively.

One was a 'Jeff Bezos bitcoin giveaway. Send up to 2 BTC to this address and Jeff will match you and send it back.'

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Re:Ask HN: Are YouTube ads getting worse? by kohtatsu on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @10:24AM (#23770155)

I wonder if the address has any tx.

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Re:Ask HN: Are YouTube ads getting worse? by space-candy on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @06:09PM (#23774743)

search 'jeff bezos/elon musk bitcoin giveaway scam' and youll see alot of people have taken the bait unfortunately

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Re:Ask HN: Are YouTube ads getting worse? by dyingkneepad on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @05:17PM (#23774335)

I get lots of scam ads on youtube. I noticed they started this year.

Also some porn-ish ads. Got one while trying to show a lego-related video to my kid on my phone...

Seeing the scam and porn-ish ads is almost good because in the entirety of 2019 all I saw was ads for insurance. There were days where every video had the same Liberty ad...

Seriously, I wish the content creators I follow would start submitting content to another platform.

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Re:Ask HN: Are YouTube ads getting worse? by frosted-flakes on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @05:09PM (#23774246)

I get a lot of "get rich quick selling stuff on Amazon" ads, that all seem to start with some guy pulling fistfuls of notes out of a cardboard box. Otherwise, Google seems to think I really like iced tea, Spotify, and Facebook.

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Re:Ask HN: Are YouTube ads getting worse? by Niccizero on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @09:25AM (#23769625)

I get some weird ads of some Doomsday-esque vegan cult sometimes. It's super weird.

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Re:Ask HN: Are YouTube ads getting worse? by tomjen3 on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @10:34AM (#23770252)

The few times I have seen ads they have been for local grocery stores, grammarly and such. Not really what I would call scammy.

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Re:Ask HN: Are YouTube ads getting worse? by gitgud on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @09:38AM (#23769748)

Yes, they seem to be targeting people affected by COVID, promising easy get-rich quick schemes online...

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Re:Ask HN: Are YouTube ads getting worse? by cocoa19 on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @09:31AM (#23769693)

Not scams, I've been mostly getting ads related to my recent google searches.

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Re:Ask HN: Are YouTube ads getting worse? by michaelbrave on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @05:17PM (#23774329)

about 1 in 10 is a get rich quick scheme, and with no way to downvote it, meanwhile the ones for college courses which is slightly relevant to me can be downvoted. It makes no sense.

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