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Re:YouTube Ads May Have Led to Online Tracking of Children, ... by cowsup on Thursday August 17, 2023 @07:31PM (#37169700)
The YouTube Kids app does not have any clickable ads[0], so I think the best solution is to bring this same setup to the main app & the website on videos that are marked "For Kids." You can advertise the latest Happy Meal, a new Disney movie, or the latest video game, without letting the user accidentally click a link and begin being tracked.

I do agree that singling out YouTube is strange, but it definitely got people to click.

[0] https://support.google.com/youtubekids/answer/6130541?hl=en

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Re:YouTube Ads May Have Led to Online Tracking of Children, ... by Spooky23 on Thursday August 17, 2023 @11:06PM (#37171003)
You’ve taken the leap that kids watching YouTube == YouTube kids.

That app was, at least when my kid was in that market, a hobbled app with its own significant problems.

YouTube’s issue here are all about how they funnel kids to profitable content.

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