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Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds wi... by strogonoff on Monday November 29, 2021 @06:04AM (#29378425)
If you pay a company built around ad revenue to remove ads in one particular product, you now have a big flag “has money and willing to pay” on your profile.

No ads on that product, sure, but very much not coincidentally you cannot opt out of all ads across Alphabet, and the flag is a very strong signal for elsewhere you will be shown ads (even if it’s not made directly available to advertisers in targeting settings).

Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds wi... by judge2020 on Monday November 29, 2021 @09:44AM (#29380405)
Google had the whole 'you can outbid advertisers if you want' feature but killed it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Contributor