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Some YouTube channels already embed advertising straight into their videos. That's nontracking, nonpersonalized content I can live with. If I can't block norma
by distances 7y ago
Some YouTube channels already embed advertising straight into their videos. That's nontracking, nonpersonalized content I can live with.
If I can't block normal YouTube ads, I mute the sound and avert my eyes for the duration of the advert. I don't do that for embedded static advertising.
- cameronbrown 7y agoThey are absolutely using tracking - the unique views counter in the analytics dashboard shows as much. Many of these sponsored ads ask for access to the YT analytics data for these channels, without which they wouldn't even consider a sponsorship. Add to the fact they all use a tracking link.. etc.. So yes, they're not personalised, but that doesn't mean you're not being tracked.
- distances 7y agoGood point, but that's still a far cry from a tracking ad I feel. It can't be personalized to me, and my data isn't auctioned at the point of display. It's after-the-fact analytics, which sounds a lot more benign.
- cameronbrown 7y agoAfter the fact analytics cannot function without fingerprinting or user/client identification of some method. YouTube Analytics does everything people complain Google Analytics does and more.