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We use an official YouTube app, and it’s all ad fraud. It rapid rolls through video streams showing a second or two of each ad. Presumably this is so Google c
by hedora 8mo ago
We use an official YouTube app, and it’s all ad fraud.
It rapid rolls through video streams showing a second or two of each ad.
Presumably this is so Google can charge advertisers for impressions that don’t actually exist.
- slumberlust 8mo agoI've noticed this with shorts. I'll go through 20 or so, check my YT history and Google treats the worst ones as a watched video. I'll spend less than a second as my brain processes the slop and then skip. Sure as shit they act like I watched the whole video and recommend me more. It has to be some sort of revenue scam, no customer advantage has appeared to me yet.