The rise in generative AI technology has made scamming people online much easier, with fake versions of Tom Hanks, Mr. Beast, and other celebrities often appearing in online ads. YouTube still has a problem with fraudulent advertisements, as I've learned from my own YouTube feed over the past few months.
  • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    11 months ago

    I ended up uninstalling the official iOS app and went to the browser with vinegar. I kept reporting these scam ads and YouTube doesn’t bother removing them. Google doesn’t care if their users are scammed because the users aren’t their customers

    • nnjethro@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      11 months ago

      Unless the user actually is their customer, then they don’t show them ads. ;)

      • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        11 months ago

        Shoot, I didn’t even consider Google purposefully allowing scam and malicious advertisements as a means to sell YT premium

      • Goldmage263@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        "You either die a product, or live long enough to see yourself become a customer.

        -Bruce ‘Capitalism’ Wayne