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[–] frankgrimeszz 19 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I wouldn’t have a problem with adverts if there was a guarantee of no malware, no phishing, no scams.

[–] conorab@lemmy.conorab.com 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They cry about not being able to serve ads while serving ads that are straight malware and scams. It’s especially funny when a platform goes out of their way to censor (suppress ad revenue) on videos which have even a chance of being misinformation and then proceed to play back to back ads of somebody selling their get rich quick webinar.

[–] frankgrimeszz 17 points 10 months ago

On YouTube, AI Musk has been telling me every other day about some amazing get rich quick scheme. I report it and days later YouTube emails me saying “Our investigation concluded that this is not a scam or spam”. As if.

[–] turbowafflz 12 points 10 months ago

Also if they were just less intrusive, a little static banner ad is fine

[–] Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The best part is that more ethical ads are harder to block, because trackers are one of the easiest ways to identify ads.

Hell, the adblocker I use (adnauseam) doesn't block ethical ads by default.

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In general: non-intrusive, non-tracking ads, with robust verification (i.e. not scams or lies), such as the ones you find on https://modrinth.com, or duckduckgo

With adnauseam: https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/FAQ#what-is-the-effs-do-not-track-standard-and-how-it-is-supported-in-adnauseam

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

I just visited Modrinth and yeah, the ads even match the theme of the website!