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Re:Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appe... by ksaj on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:51PM (#46515801)
The bigger problem is those fake "realistic robot dog" ads, and all the other ai-faked products.

Why YT and Google in general would want to be associated with such scammery, I do not know.

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Re:Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appe... by pixl97 on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @01:00PM (#46515955)
>Why YT and Google in general would want

They want the numbers to always go up. Scam ads pay just like non-scam ads.

Hence why companies have to be forced not to be assholes with legislation.

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Re:Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appe... by immibis on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @01:26PM (#46516379)
They get paid per ad. Whether the product actually works is not their problem, unless they get a lawsuit. IIRC Facebook did lose a lawsuit over scam ads, but continued doing the process it was sued for, because it's so profitable, and just added a check so those ads don't get shown to regulators.
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