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To the surprise of no one, Google is being accused of abusing its power with ads (www.theregister.com)

submitted 1 year ago by ICastFist@programming.dev to c/technology

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TLDR of the article:

Google is showing ads outside of YT, in those side players that everyone hates while they just want to read articles, but counting them as normal views.

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[–] shanghaibebop 1 points 1 year ago

Really? A company that owns an ungodly controlling interest in the ad publishing as well as the advertiser marketplace side of the business is abusing its power?