The 'Brand Safety' and 'Suitability' industries have financially crushed the news business by keeping ads away from articles that its 'sentiment analysis' algorithms think will make people sad or upset.
I mean a lot of ads are scammy but also there are plenty that just point to adjacent adult content services like other sites or toy selling sites etc. Regardless it’s a profit for whoever runs the ads.
I mean a lot of ads are scammy but also there are plenty that just point to adjacent adult content services like other sites or toy selling sites etc. Regardless it’s a profit for whoever runs the ads.
I’d argue that like half of all ads are scams nowadays (and maybe since the beginning)