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Google and Paint.NET need to stop misleading users (2013)

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Re: Google and Paint.NET need to stop misleading users (2013)

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Post by giancarlostoro »

My question is why is it so easy to have advertisements that directly link to downloadable software? If I'm clicking on an advertisement I want to know more about a product, not be forced to run a binary of which I have no certainty of it's true purpose. Or am I thinking wrong? If you disallow download based advertising including linking to pages that only offer you a download, this could be a little more useful against malvertisements. More reason to run an adblocker.

Re: Google and Paint.NET need to stop misleading users (2013)

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Post by anon1385 »

oceanswave wrote: post #6
jug wrote: post #4

I find that article hilarious with this context: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/02/googl...

Yeah, everyone got so riled up they forgot to see that this article is from 2013

Nothing has changed though. You still get these kinds of ads pretty much every time you visit the site. It doesn't matter that the article is from 2013 when the problem it describes still exists. That it has existed this long, despite people pointing it out, just makes it even worse.

Re: Google and Paint.NET need to stop misleading users (2013)

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Post by ben_jones »

zeta0134 wrote: post #8

I'm curious why these ads are even allowed to get through the network in the first place. Is there just NO content reviewing taking place? That's seems negligent on Google's part. There is no reason for an ad like that to exist on any webpage, period. It should have been blocked at the source. Where is the 3-strikes policy in the ad space? Google is so eager to punish its Youtube streamers for running questionably of…

I wonder if they ran an A/B test on customer spending depending on the time it takes from "uploading" an ad to the network and the ad showing positive metrics. My guess is the result of such a finding would impact the duration and thoroughness of the review process.

And my guess is youtubers make up such a small slice of revenue that the threat of lawsuits outweighs the convenience of the customer.

Re: Google and Paint.NET need to stop misleading users (2013)

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

ben_jones wrote: post #18
zeta0134 wrote: post #8

I'm curious why these ads are even allowed to get through the network in the first place. Is there just NO content reviewing taking place? That's seems negligent on Google's part. There is no reason for an ad like that to exist on any webpage, period. It should have been blocked at the source. Where is the 3-strikes policy in the ad space? Google is so eager to punish its Youtube streamers for running questionably of…

I wonder if they ran an A/B test on customer spending depending on the time it takes from "uploading" an ad to the network and the ad showing positive metrics. My guess is the result of such a finding would impact the duration and thoroughness of the review process. And my guess is youtubers make up such a small slice of revenue that the threat of lawsuits outweighs the convenience of the customer.

I highly doubt it has to do with the time it takes to have someone review the submission. Google does not like hiring people to do things it thinks algorithms can do adequately, because people cost a lot more than servers.
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