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> The thing is most companies don't want the extra work in finding who they don't want to be associated with It's a PR solution; it's not supposed to please en
by concinds 4y ago
> The thing is most companies don't want the extra work in finding who they don't want to be associated with
It's a PR solution; it's not supposed to please engineering, systematizing left-brained people, but to calm down a Twitter mob. YouTube had more than enough market power to simply force advertisers to comply, and advertisers were begging to be given a tiny concession in order to end their boycott while saving face.
This solution would have avoided the adpocalypse entirely.
- that_guy_iain 4y ago> It's a PR solution; it's not supposed to please engineering, What does the an advertiser having to spend countless hours finding which channels they don't want to be associated with have to do with engineering? Nothing.
- concinds 4y agoGrammar. "It's not supposed to please engineering-minded people, systematizing people, left-brained people." I'm talking people like you, who indeed don't think like the advertisers who just wanted a braindead controversy to go away; solving it was unnecessary for YouTube or for advertisers.
- that_guy_iain 4y agoGrammar.