Just had YouTube spit an ad to me on mobile for what they called a new Dragon Ball Z game, every single shot was ai and driven by an ai voice. There really is no one approving content anymore.
YouTube ad for fake DBZ Game
Just had YouTube spit an ad to me on mobile for what they called a new Dragon Ball Z game, every single shot was ai and driven by an ai voice. There really is no one approving content anymore.
17 Comments
ICastFist@programming.dev · 13 pts · 183d
Why would YT veto someone who threw money at them?
Shitty ads that are nothing like the game (99% of every mobile game ad) annoy immensely.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 182d
I'd say leave a polite but accurate review, but on iOS, developers can suppress negative reviews (or delete them).
ICastFist@programming.dev · 1 pts · 182d
On android, these games are filled with 5 star bot reviews. Any complaint is met with a default response
cron@feddit.org · 10 pts · 183d
This doesn't have anything to do with AI, but I'd really wish YouTube/Google/Facebook wouldn't be full of scam ads. It feels that at least one third of all ads are scam, overpriced dropshippers or gambling.
CameronDev@programming.dev · 6 pts · 183d
And then they wonder why people want to block ads.
They really need to be held accountable for the ads they show. If Google shows you an ad and it scams you, Google should be financially on the hook. Scam ads would disappear overnight.
Harvey656@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 183d
You uh... see ads?
FatVegan@leminal.space · 2 pts · 181d
I'm already outraged when a sponsor segment slips through every now and then.
ApollosArrow@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 183d
On the youtube phone app, yes. On desktop, no.
Harvey656@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 183d
Newpipe fren
Igilq@szmer.info · 3 pts · 181d
Well, you can block ads on iphone (Uyou+) and on android (YouTube morphe)
albbi@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 183d
Newpipe is a great YouTube player on Android that doesn't show ads.
ApollosArrow@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 183d
I am on iPhone, if you have any suggestions.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 182d
Uninstall YouTube. ;) No, I'm serious. I'm on an iPhone 16 Pro Max (well, I'm on my Mac, my iPhone is next to me). I just browse YouTube in Safari on the iPhone. (On the Mac, it's Firefox with uBlock Origin.)
I'm currently using uBlock Lite for ad blocking in Safari, and it works well with YouTube. I don't get ads. I do get them on IMDb, which is annoying. I also have two paid options, Adguard Pro and Wipr 2, but those aren't presently active (since ad blockers can disrupt one another).
ApollosArrow@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 182d
Installing ublock now, didn’t even know it was on the app store.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 181d
Yeah, it's fairly new (last year?). And it's not as good as Firefox with uBlock Origin. It's "yet another Safari block list." But it works okay.
ApollosArrow@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 181d
This must be why. I’ve been using firefox and firefox focus, because I wanted to avoid safari, but I guess with this I can maybe use it for youtube at least.