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> ost advertisers don't want to touch a guy showing how to defeat riot shields with homemade crossbows I 'm not sure anymore if "advertisers" dont want to adve

> ost advertisers don't want to touch a guy showing how to defeat riot shields with homemade crossbows I 'm not sure anymore if "advertisers" dont want to advertise on non-mainstream or adult sites, or if it's just google imposing arbitrary standards on both their advertisers AND publishers. In the old times of TV there were brands that catered to specific, non-family friendly audiences (e.g. cigarettes, alcohol). With google's current policies, and monopoly on advertising, that section of advertisers and publishers is completely excluded. I also don't get the point that "youtube is advertising, not video hosting" - they depend on both very much. By that reasoning TV should stop paying its anchors too. > what that sort of exposure would cost them to achieve on their own domain and They don't need to pay for hosting. There are already distributed platforms like bitchute. Each of them just needs to add one node to the system and the collective benefit would be huge.

tbyehl 7y ago
Go check out the ads on some non-mainstream or adult sites. They're the epitome of This is why we use ad blockers.
- buboard 7y ago
  Exactly. There is no way for these sites to reach mainstream advertisers who might be interested. Google has the keys to all of them Similar with payment processors. Nudity or even porn is increasingly accepted today, yet paypal won't touch it, so these sites have to deal with subpar and expensive payment providers
luckylion 7y ago
I think the major advertisers, that is those that bring in lots of money, generally want family friendly, uncontroversial, middle of the road. They don't want war, violence, crime, extreme politics, mental illness etc associated with their brand. Google is likely just making the decision that niches aren't worth the (potential, legal) trouble.
- buboard 7y ago
  > Google is likely just making the decision Google should not be making the decision, advertisers should
  - luckylion 7y ago
    Meh, that's like saying you shouldn't be in charge of business decisions, your customers should be. Advertisers can react to Google's decisions by taking their business elsewhere, but it's up to Google to decide what does and does not make them money and to not engage in what doesn't.
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tbyehl 7y ago

Go check out the ads on some non-mainstream or adult sites. They're the epitome of This is why we use ad blockers.

buboard 7y ago
Exactly. There is no way for these sites to reach mainstream advertisers who might be interested. Google has the keys to all of them Similar with payment processors. Nudity or even porn is increasingly accepted today, yet paypal won't touch it, so these sites have to deal with subpar and expensive payment providers

luckylion 7y ago

I think the major advertisers, that is those that bring in lots of money, generally want family friendly, uncontroversial, middle of the road. They don't want war, violence, crime, extreme politics, mental illness etc associated with their brand. Google is likely just making the decision that niches aren't worth the (potential, legal) trouble.

buboard 7y ago
> Google is likely just making the decision Google should not be making the decision, advertisers should
- luckylion 7y ago
  Meh, that's like saying you shouldn't be in charge of business decisions, your customers should be. Advertisers can react to Google's decisions by taking their business elsewhere, but it's up to Google to decide what does and does not make them money and to not engage in what doesn't.
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