• Eggyhead@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I wonder how business owners feel about their advertisements being weaponized to push people toward subscription plans that eliminate advertisements.

    • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Google doesn’t give a shit what their advertisers think. It’s not a “please buy our ads” situation, it’s a “where else would you advertise online, you stupid fuck?” type of situation.

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      1 year ago

      People that were running ad blockers were not seeing ads and business owners were not paying for those blocked ads. So I don’t see why they would care at all.

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        True, but people who used to be served one ad per video are now being served 4 or 5, which both lessens the value of each individual ad, and gives more incentive to get rid of them with premium