ryujin470@fedia.io to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 days agoThose YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three monthswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkThose YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three monthswww.pcgamer.comryujin470@fedia.io to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 days agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoIn what sense is this a scam?
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoAt every step they get someone to pay for less than what they promise: advertisers pay for more than their effective reach, consumers get more ads than what they pay to remove, content creators get paid a fraction of less than what they generate.
In what sense is this a scam?
At every step they get someone to pay for less than what they promise: advertisers pay for more than their effective reach, consumers get more ads than what they pay to remove, content creators get paid a fraction of less than what they generate.