People still see ads?
Yes. This is where most of Googles and Metas revenue comes from.
Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
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Re: Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
#392Earlier quoted context omitted.
The AI-generated video ads are getting really bizarre on YouTube. There's class of them that feature some AI-generated song with AI-generated animated characters. One song began with lyrics about having sex with a Jewish billionaire's wife and learning some secret (at which point I was able to skip the ad) and another is some grotesque looking creature singing about foamy urine. Normally I have an ad-blocker and don'…
I'm so happy someone else has seen the Jewish billionaire's wife ad it's so weird and no one I know IRL has seen it and if you try to describe to someone in person you sound insane.
Makes wonder what kind of absolute batshit crazies it’s supposed to be targeting?
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#393Earlier quoted context omitted.
> but not so well with AI revenue Nobody is doing well enough with AI revenue ATM ( https://isaiprofitable.com/ ). At the moment it is probably more about market share of users, that is where the investment capital will need to be clawed back from when it starts to be called back (or replacement money will need to come from if the investment cycle simply stops giving generously).
While true, Google is particularly vulnerable to AI disrupting the traditional internet ad model. They have to figure out how to make AI profitable or Google will suffer catastrophic revenue, profit, and stock price declines in short order.
Isn't it obvious? If/when the norm shifts from "googling" everything to asking an LLM, they'll stick ads in Gemini output.
They'll probably be less annoying than ads in Google Search results, because people ask LLMs more detailed, context-laden questions.
Re: Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
#394I have two guesses why Google does this: 1) Google wants the most money, so they don't care to let dodgy ads thru. 2) There are more ads going out then can be reviewed, so they would rather have people report them, then they automatically reject the report until enough people report it, then an actual person may review it. As to why Google doesn't use AI to review them? Google would rather use the AI in a way that ma…
> so they would rather have people report them I have reported so many of those dodgy, scammy, sexualized ads on YouTube, that YouTube/Google has removed the option to report advertisements from my account. They don't care as long as they're getting paid and there's no immediate liability for them.
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Re: Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
#395Don't be evil -> What does "evil" really mean, anyway? -> Judgements about good and evil don't belong in business -> Evil is pretty profitable, actually
That’s why we have laws
Re: Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
#396I believe Google already has systems in place to block malicious ads and is actively running them. In fact, according to last year's 'Ads Safety Report 2025,' Google blocked over 8.3 billion bad ads in a single year. Of course, despite these efforts, the sheer volume of ads being uploaded makes it practically impossible to catch every single one of them. Therefore, rather than simply criticizing the issue in a negati…
The story’s not about blocking every possible malicious ad, it’s about making a report and still letting the ad through.
The ad probably looks at the IP address, sees its from Google and show a legitimate ad.
Google can easily solve this with using external IP addresses, but doesn’t. Because money.
There’s nothing to appreciate here.
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#397Pretty wild that its possible
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#398This appears less like a classification-capability problem than an incentives and enforcement problem. What measurable abuse-response SLA should an ad platform provide?
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#399They are too busy banning my local bakery ads because my account was registered 25 years ago in Ukraine while the bakery I'm trying to post ads for is in Poland. Clearly a fraud.
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#400Someone who has spent $100M+ on Google Ads explained to me that Google is doing everything possible to juice their revenue right now, in ways they've never seen before. Seems like two things 1) Google is losing at AI and Sundar wants to mask this 2) AI is going to destroy their ad business and they want to get while the getting is good.
I think it's something else. Ads are bringing less revenue so they must put more squeeze to get same level (+ growth) of juice.