I think as a child I got viruses from one of the ads, you know, the ones would put on the side of the site. We had to call in a guy, to clean parents’ computer. I felt really guilty and never touched those ads again.

So Google’s and Meta’s main business are ads. And recently I felt confused. Do people click on ads? Don’t these ads feel phishy to them?

    • Omega_Haxors@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      vor 10 Monaten

      If you buy anything because a youtuber told you to, you’re a fucking idiot. Every time I see a sponsorship a year later it’s like “yeah you know that raid shadow legends shit? They’re an online casino for kids also they fund IDF genocide” or something of equal caliber.

      Like maybe 1 in 800 sponsorships are just upstarts trying to get their foot in the market, the rest are just outright scams or evil as fuck.