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The ads in youtube this past year have been a bit scary. I'm assuming some weird ads are getting past the moderators because I'm in Sweden, and it's not a big a

The ads in youtube this past year have been a bit scary. I'm assuming some weird ads are getting past the moderators because I'm in Sweden, and it's not a big ad market maybe. Either way, I get misspelled ads, or ads that just say "18 YEAR OLD WOMEN" in some shitty 1999 font that is barely legible. Edit: I'm talking about the clickable ads interspersed between videos in the UI.

wolco 6y ago
An ad for "18 YEAR OLD WOMEN" is scary? They don't bite. It seems generic not really weird.
- valvar 6y ago
  It sounds like the sort of shady ads you would get on torrent websites or image boards.
  - brnt 6y ago
    All app stores are far shadier thans torrents websites or worse, warez websites of old. App stores come with spyware, adware, and regularly mineware or worden. I visit torrent websites for peace of mind. But mostly F-droid, which has Newpipe. Both excellent and reliable and shite-free. I really don't get app stores. How did they convince everyone to install so much spy and adware?
    - djeiasbsbo 6y ago
      I don't really understand your point, F-Droid is definitely an app store. I think you must mainly mean the Google Play Store, where the situation seems really bad... As for Apple, they manually review every application. I remember iOS apps for jailbreaking getting removed incredibly quickly.
      - brnt 6y ago
        F droid is an exception. Google, Apple and Microsoft app stores are the best guarantee you're installing spyware. That's what ubiquitous telemetry is after all.
- INTPenis 6y ago
  They have a shady vibe to them is what I mean. Like e-mail spam. Another example is "Generic viking game", like literally. It just says some generic viking game, no brand or recognizable name. It looks just like phishing.
judge2020 6y ago
I have a feeling Google's OCR for Ads (scanning for Ad Guideline violations) requires those types of fonts to get by without being banned too quickly. Something like this showed up on reddit a couple of months back: https://redd.it/ghmuy7 https://redd.it/ghmuy7
BlueGh0st 6y ago
I've been getting ads for months now that show a devastating natural disaster approaching my location. It was very alarming the first few times I saw it. Reporting it has done nothing.

wolco 6y ago

An ad for "18 YEAR OLD WOMEN" is scary? They don't bite. It seems generic not really weird.

valvar 6y ago
It sounds like the sort of shady ads you would get on torrent websites or image boards.
- brnt 6y ago
  All app stores are far shadier thans torrents websites or worse, warez websites of old. App stores come with spyware, adware, and regularly mineware or worden. I visit torrent websites for peace of mind. But mostly F-droid, which has Newpipe. Both excellent and reliable and shite-free. I really don't get app stores. How did they convince everyone to install so much spy and adware?
  - djeiasbsbo 6y ago
    I don't really understand your point, F-Droid is definitely an app store. I think you must mainly mean the Google Play Store, where the situation seems really bad... As for Apple, they manually review every application. I remember iOS apps for jailbreaking getting removed incredibly quickly.
    - brnt 6y ago
      F droid is an exception. Google, Apple and Microsoft app stores are the best guarantee you're installing spyware. That's what ubiquitous telemetry is after all.
INTPenis 6y ago
They have a shady vibe to them is what I mean. Like e-mail spam. Another example is "Generic viking game", like literally. It just says some generic viking game, no brand or recognizable name. It looks just like phishing.

judge2020 6y ago

I have a feeling Google's OCR for Ads (scanning for Ad Guideline violations) requires those types of fonts to get by without being banned too quickly. Something like this showed up on reddit a couple of months back: https://redd.it/ghmuy7 https://redd.it/ghmuy7

BlueGh0st 6y ago

I've been getting ads for months now that show a devastating natural disaster approaching my location. It was very alarming the first few times I saw it. Reporting it has done nothing.