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With uBlock origin you pay $0 and skip ads.
With a get away driver you pay $0 and skip the check-out line.
That’s on the level of “you wouldn’t steal a car” type of argument.
Ask HN: Why hasn't YouTube removed those fake MrBeast $1000 giveaway ad scams?
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Re: Ask HN: Why hasn't YouTube removed those fake MrBeast $1000 giveaway ad scams?
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
With uBlock origin you pay $0 and skip ads.
Great, now the creators who's content you enjoy don't get any money to sustain their efforts. I think letting uBlock stay up as an extension is a brilliant move by Google. It means that the people that use it eventually won't have any content that they actually want to watch, because nobody can make money making it for them.
They do if you send them some money.
Re: Ask HN: Why hasn't YouTube removed those fake MrBeast $1000 giveaway ad scams?
#23The scammers are paying Google money for the ads. Hiring enough people to deal with scams would cost Google money. So the reason is that there's perverse financial incentives on both ends.
Re: Ask HN: Why hasn't YouTube removed those fake MrBeast $1000 giveaway ad scams?
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
With uBlock origin you pay $0 and skip ads.
Great, now the creators who's content you enjoy don't get any money to sustain their efforts. I think letting uBlock stay up as an extension is a brilliant move by Google. It means that the people that use it eventually won't have any content that they actually want to watch, because nobody can make money making it for them.
Sending them $5 via Gumroad or Patreon is worth hundreds or thousands of ad views, depending on the creator's RPM. YouTube ad payouts are pretty stingy.
Re: Ask HN: Why hasn't YouTube removed those fake MrBeast $1000 giveaway ad scams?
#25I followed the trail on one of these before. It was backed by a real company, and as best I can tell, you really can get the $1000 if you jump through enough hoops. These hoops involve signing up for auto-renew free-trial subscription services (requiring payment info), surveys, etc.
Definitely not something I'd want to bother participating in, but it seems like it's not a complete scam. It has scammy vibes, but seemingly not out-right illegal, such that the company is allowed to continue to exist.
The supposed Mr beast endorsement is the potential sticking point, I suppose he isn't in on it, but he'd have to be the one to complain to YouTube about impersonation - I doubt you'd get very far trying to report it as a 3rd party without concrete evidence of impersonation.
The one I looked into was called "National Consumer Center"[1], backed by RewardsFlow LLC[2]
[1] https://old.reddit.com/r/beermoney/comments/i1ndrg/anyone_ev...
[2] https://www.nycompanyregistry.com/companies/rewardsflow-llc/
Re: Ask HN: Why hasn't YouTube removed those fake MrBeast $1000 giveaway ad scams?
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Great, now the creators who's content you enjoy don't get any money to sustain their efforts. I think letting uBlock stay up as an extension is a brilliant move by Google. It means that the people that use it eventually won't have any content that they actually want to watch, because nobody can make money making it for them.
Sending them $5 via Gumroad or Patreon is worth hundreds or thousands of ad views, depending on the creator's RPM. YouTube ad payouts are pretty stingy.
No way most people send cash. Most people won't pay for a netflix subscription, there's no chance they're dropping 5$ for a youtube creator.
Re: Ask HN: Why hasn't YouTube removed those fake MrBeast $1000 giveaway ad scams?
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sending them $5 via Gumroad or Patreon is worth hundreds or thousands of ad views, depending on the creator's RPM. YouTube ad payouts are pretty stingy.
No way most people send cash. Most people won't pay for a netflix subscription, there's no chance they're dropping 5$ for a youtube creator.
Watch any popular live stream on youtube and you'll see random people dropping $1-100 at any given time for their favorite creators. I don't really understand the motivation, but is a real phenomenon.
Re: Ask HN: Why hasn't YouTube removed those fake MrBeast $1000 giveaway ad scams?
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> Personally I value my time more than the $12/mo it costs to not see ads on YouTube. I go back and forth on this. On the one hand, yeah, I value my time more than that amount of money. On the other hand, it would mean actively rewarding YouTube for being terrible, including making it a monetary positive for them to leave those kinds of ads up. As incentives go, that seems like a poor choice.
I feel the same way. I’d rather be reminded of what YouTube is for most people and let that be a reminder to use other platforms. I’m very happy with nebula for what it is.
I paid for nebula in the first year and it was technically basically unusable. Havent used it since.
Re: Ask HN: Why hasn't YouTube removed those fake MrBeast $1000 giveaway ad scams?
#29YouTube ads have become mostly spam for me too lately. Some of them are making very dangerous medical claims, I'm also shocked google has done nothing but also not surprised at all.
I stopped using the YouTube iPad app. Safari with ad blockers gets rid of all the scam ads.
Does safari on ipad gets an adblocker? I am using brave for that reason, but when other apps include a browser, for example rss readers, I get adds.