Ads are intrusive, and in some cases, overtly harmful [1]; Especially YouTube. YouTube does have stated guidelines about these things (as well as scams, malware

Ads are intrusive, and in some cases, overtly harmful [1]; Especially YouTube. YouTube does have stated guidelines about these things (as well as scams, malware-advertisements, etc.), but these aren't effective, as seen in the article; They're just words. AdBlockPlus (ABP), famously has criteria for "Acceptable Ads" [2], which provide some commonsense criteria for what ads should be acceptable. Some discussion indicates that ABP is blocking many ads on YouTube [3]. QED It is not reasonable to assume Youtube is adhering to this reasonable guideline for ads. And so, if ads can be harmful, and the platform ignores reasonable steps to address objections to advertising, all we're left with is forcing a behaviour that works for us. [1] Profiting from Hate: Platforms’ Ad Placement Problem https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/profiting-hate-platforms-ad-placement-problem https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/profiting-hate-platforms-... [2] https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads [3] https://blog.adblockplus.org/blog/whats-happening-with-youtube-ads https://blog.adblockplus.org/blog/whats-happening-with-youtu...