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Perhaps it is, but if there were the case why wouldn't they start by cleaning up their own platforms? There are several angles to be wary of. Locking out compe

• _eht 10y ago
  Working with Google ads for over seven years as a publisher, they have one of the cleanest ad networks in the game. On top of that, you can preview every single ad that is shown with your account and block accordingly. I agree, they need to thread carefully, but things need to change, and that change needs to come from two angles: publishers whoring out their users and ad networks not taking responsibility for what they let on their networks.
  • mkl 10y ago
    > you can preview every single ad that is shown with your account and block accordingly. Really? I've never used Google ads, so for all I know you're right, but why would none of the ~600 comments in the previous discussion [1] mention that? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14094083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14094083
    • _eht 10y ago
      https://support.google.com/adxseller/answer/4587864?hl=en https://support.google.com/adxseller/answer/4587864?hl=en I'm on the Adx platform, which was invite only a few years back. It has some differences to Adsense, but I believe ad review and transparency with what creatives are displayed is part of both cores. If I were to guess, there were 600 people in the thread who were not actually publishers using Google ads.