Comment by tough
1 day ago
They might not have enough disposable income to pay for software but enough to pay for whatever is on the ad.
More generally, if the service is free, you're the product, and you're being sold to someone else
1 day ago
They might not have enough disposable income to pay for software but enough to pay for whatever is on the ad.
More generally, if the service is free, you're the product, and you're being sold to someone else
Both yours and your sibling comments seem to be operating under the assumption that all advertisers are some kind of idiots
Advertisers have a perverse incentive to spend as much ad money as possible. I think this is one of the few scenarios where you can attribute something to malice.
No, I operate under the assumption that advertisers can scam gullible users.
From casinos, to shady inexistent job offers, to malware, there's a whole world of -ads- targeting the final users as a victim
> There are ads running on Youtube right now that deepfake some celebrity to sell crypto.
replying to myself bc i can't to @ujkhsjkdhf234
on x.com (formerly twitter) if you don't paid for premium you get ads for drainers and scams on crypto etc too
it's overall a mess tbh, I never trusted nor liked marketing or advertising, it's just lies in disguise.
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There are ads running on Youtube right now that deepfake some celebrity to sell crypto.