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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

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

-Bruce 'Capitalism' Wayne