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Comment on on youtube how do I downvote an ad? or how do i tell youtube that "hey this ad is not something I want to see?" I know ad blockers don't work on youtube anymore but how do I tweek what ads i do see?

mhague@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

You can affect the ads by finding normal ads around the internet (served by Google) and telling Google what is and isn’t relevant to you.

However, Google seems to allow advertisers to lie and game their system. Ie PragerU will advertise some “trans is bad” “children’s book” schlock, labeled as “video games.”

When you’re already sucking it up and trying to fairly engage with Google, it’s disheartening to see they don’t even pay attention to what they serve people.

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echo64@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
So this comment kind of misunderstands how the Google ad system works for youtube.

When you click on a video, Google presents you, and the video you are watching (with categories associated with you and the video) to an auction. Advertisers then bid on your view, and whoever has the highest bid wins, you see their ad. This is all automated and happens in the blink of an eye, but that’s the basic system.

This means that parties that want to show ads to you will get to, no matter your preferences.

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- mhague@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  This is for the interstitials right? It’s a separate system than the ones on the side?
  
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