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[–] brie@beehaw.org 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, but YouTube recommends not using one...

[–] draughtcyclist@programming.dev 41 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Google does not have a handle on platform abuse for the past year or two. The cracks are starting to show.

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 26 points 1 year ago

Things like this happen and people still defend YouTube ads like they haven't been abused before.

[–] sculd@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago

This is what happens when they automate everything. Its basically impossible to find someone in Google to talk to even if you spot an issue with their products.

[–] subignition@fedia.io 10 points 1 year ago

Tons of obvious scam storefronts in the shopping results lately, too. (I mainly use it to compare prices and to try to find things that might be in local stores near me.)

[–] Marsupial@quokk.au 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Anyone else read that as “theatre actor”?

[–] taanegl@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

No, but now I'm envisioning some thesbian sauntering into your living room, fainting towards your USB port and giving a heartfelt soliloquy as the USB drive he just pushed in starts a hidden automated install.

Oh woe is you.

[–] Namstel@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

I read "great actor" 😬