I accidentally clicked a shady YouTube ad that mimics an iOS “Storage Full” alert, reported it (twice), and Google still said it was fine. Meanwhile, Gemini flags it in seconds for deceptive design...
  • Pxtl@lemmy.caEnglish
    80·
    9 days ago

    Why wouldn’t they?

    It’s not like they face any consequences for being accessory to fraud. Laws are for poor people.

  • LeftReddit2@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    9 days ago

    I’ve seen my niece and her friends get incredibly sexual ads on their YT before. Taught them both how to install adblock even on an iPhone and managed to make them not see that shit anymore. Mind you, my niece and her friends are FOURTEEN!

    I felt like such an adult when they were getting excited that Fandom didn’t have ads anymore when I showed them what a DNS sinkhole is. This is what it means to be an adult. To use your wisdom to help the new generation navigate theirs.

      • LeftReddit2@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        8 days ago

        Is it really praxis tho? Like it is just being a good guardian to my niece and her friends. I get it to an extent that ‘ads are the price you pay for using a service for free’ but to what end? Google is a massive company and should vet the advertisements they allow a lot more.

        The fact children are getting highly sexual ads is a failure on their part and I see blocking ads as a fair reprisal to them until they can sort themselves out. It’s my civil disobedience as a consumer. Like especially these days with how massively invasive ads have become.

        • Mongostein@lemmy.caEnglish
          3·
          8 days ago

          My view is that 15 years ago (maybe longer) “ads are the price you pay” was valid. They weren’t tracking everything you do… yet. They’ve gone too far and until they stop there’s no reason for you play by the rules either.

        • some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          8 days ago

          If it were me in their place I could imagine your actions being impactful, and inspiring further action or thought. At that age I was very interested in going against the grain. It was a different time, but not too long ago. Really no one wants to see ads, for sure, so it’s still a win, even if the anti-surveillance ad message is not of interest, you’ve still helped get rid of not just the annoyance but the malicious vector of a grab bag of random liabilities - modern digital ads.

  • adhdsergio@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    8 days ago

    Twice I have tried to report this one, here’s their response:

    Here’s what we found

    We decided not to take this ad down. **We found that the ad doesn’t go against Google’s policies,** which prohibit certain content and practices that we believe to be harmful to users and the overall online ecosystem.

    If it wasn’t for youtube and my 20 year old gmail account i wouldn’t be using anything from them

  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    9 days ago

    Because like all ad companies, Google gives way less of a shit if the ads are malicious than they do there being lots of ads displayed.

  • Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    9 days ago

    Before I put adblockers on everything, I was served an ad for a stupid mobile shooter game, either on YouTube or Facebook, that started with a real life hunter shooting a coyote in the neck, which made it cry out in pain and tumble down a hill.

    Now as a matter of sanity, I block all ads. If they can’t keep crap like that from being advertised, then fuck off.

  • some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    8 days ago

    Two thoughts :

    1. This particular example of adversarial advertising by Google is directly targeting a flaw in a competitor’s (Apple) OS
    2. The author asks why Google aren’t using their AI tools to combat these, which is a fair question. Surely they are using AI, of course, but no chance in hell are they using the same Gemini the public gets. It’s going to be tailored to their end goals, not the public-facing model the author screenshotted.
  • Snapz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    8 days ago

    Lacking regulations that are genuinely enforced, they will only put a brick on the gas pedal in response to any resistance.

  • flameleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    8 days ago

    sponsored / ˈspɒnsəd /

    adjective

    A fraudulent website or application that appears while using Google services

  • key95@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    8 days ago

    Amazing how many people rather argue away the obvious using Hanlon’s Razor, than face reality. Let’s adhere to a much better reasoning tool, “allways follow the money!”

  • sumsinj@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    8 days ago

    I recommend everyone tonuse an adblock and switch off of big tech products because fuck them

  • Discountsoup@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    8 days ago

    Google made click money so its still up. It has nothing to do with AI, though thats a nice scapegoat: “ its not the AI! Look what it gave me as a response!”. Meanwhile the ad service AI doesnt give an f what this dude has to say because the money is better and this dude sounds like he pays for their AI so why would they care. He’s now a dissatisfied walking talking google ad.