Why Are YouTube Ads Full Of Scams? - How Money Works

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  • Опубликовано: 11 сен 2022
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    AdSense through Google, (which also services RUclips) is the biggest advertising service on the planet a title it has held for over a decade. According to the companies 2020 filings they generated 147 billion dollars in revenue from online advertising.
    This included everything from banners on websites to the ad that you watched before this video started. It’s a great business model and it finances the free google powered services that we all take for granted, I mean who here pays for their personal email?
    But there is a problem with these ads that is very different from what you might see on traditional television, or on the radio, or in a newspaper (if you are still old school enough to read those).
    Ads on RUclips just seem to be full of scams.
    I wasn’t sure if this was just me, but a recent community poll revealed I am not alone, and I wanted to figure out why.
    Whether its some hustle bro telling you how you can make a million dollars a month by day trading, or a mobile game ad that is showing gameplay that looks literally nothing like the game itself, its all very questionable.
    So it’s time to learn How Money Works
    #business #finance #howmoneyworks
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  • @HowMoneyWorks
    @HowMoneyWorks  Год назад +55

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    • @HowMoneyWorks
      @HowMoneyWorks  Год назад +16

      I think it’s clear that the type of scammy ads I’m talking about are much different that legit companies like HelloFresh.

    • @Jupa
      @Jupa Год назад

      @@LadyCucco what the fuck are you smoking? big difference between hello fresh + being able to handpick your own sponsors ethically (see: Jake Tran), and then being forced to watch stupid adsense because you watched a Valuetainment video that one time.

    • @germanball6671
      @germanball6671 Год назад +1

      HelloFresh is the biggest trash you can advertise, besides money scams.

    • @rimondas6729
      @rimondas6729 Год назад +4

      @@adriel68 nope it's acceptable for me

    • @theglassarrow_
      @theglassarrow_ Год назад +9

      @@adriel68 He doesn't really bash ads just explains them and points out how online ads are even more specific than TV ads and how they take advantage of the larger options.

  • @klobiforpresident2254
    @klobiforpresident2254 Год назад +1410

    What you did not mention, and I wish that you had, is that there seems to be absolutely no way to report scammy adverts on RUclips.

    • @crazydragy4233
      @crazydragy4233 Год назад +206

      Very true. And It also feels like there's nothing really being done about these scammers using loopholes of ridiculous length and etc...

    • @iloveprivacy8167
      @iloveprivacy8167 Год назад +175

      Which makes sense, bc RUclips knows which side their bread is buttered on.
      But it also makes no sense, bc it devalues the entire platform for legitimate advertisers, which must know overcome the assumption that ad = scam. 😕

    • @yuvalne
      @yuvalne Год назад +88

      There is actually: click on the three dots next to the advertiser's name, then on "why am I seeing this ad" and there you will have a report button.
      Doesn't seem like they do all that much about those ads tho.

    • @klobiforpresident2254
      @klobiforpresident2254 Год назад +47

      @@yuvalne
      That's odd. I have in the past tried clicking on "why am I seeing this ad?" but never found the report button on the site that opens. Time for glasses?

    • @CAFFIENEHOUND
      @CAFFIENEHOUND Год назад

      I personally assume all youtube ads are fraud, because youtube allows outright phishing disguised as legitimate companies. (Fake Facebook ads, "double Old School Runescape XP", etc not affiliated with the real company meant to steal passwords. )

  • @appleando752
    @appleando752 7 месяцев назад +190

    RUclips: We would rather crack down on adbock than block our scam ads.

    • @sihamhamda47
      @sihamhamda47 5 месяцев назад +13

      Cracking down the protection measures against their peoblem rather than solving their own problem. That's very disgusting

    • @RenegadeZulu
      @RenegadeZulu 4 месяца назад +5

      Scamtube. We need a better place to chill

    • @lagillas
      @lagillas 4 месяца назад +3

      exactly, nowadays that youtube slow down on purpose for adblock users

    • @anathardayaldar
      @anathardayaldar 3 месяца назад +1

      Seems logical. Scam adds pay them money. Ad blockers prevent them from making money.

    • @EmceeJoseph
      @EmceeJoseph 2 месяца назад

      Peertube. Spread it. ​@@RenegadeZulu

  • @darkobakula5190
    @darkobakula5190 Год назад +438

    Problem with ads on youtube is that Google doesnt care whether they are scams or not as long as they re getting paid. I feel they should be held legally responsible for content of their ads that are running because they are content much like any other content on youtube. They are very strict with content creators but very lenient with ad content because to them, ads are their main cash cow not the content creator.

    • @VVVVV99611
      @VVVVV99611 Год назад +26

      They have been testing the waters for years. They know they can get away with it with no accountability and even if they are held accountable, the fine is so incredibly tiny for them

    • @LikaLaruku
      @LikaLaruku Год назад +16

      We've had years of Elsagate-like mobile game ads, & now Elsagame style videos are back, & they're not doing anything about this either because these types of videos generate money & media outlets haven't caught on yet.

    • @zelowatch30
      @zelowatch30 Год назад

      Now there are car insurance and bank scam ads running. I'm talking about literal scams where identity theft is a few clicks away.

    • @darkestkhan
      @darkestkhan Год назад

      @@VVVVV99611 I wonder about that. False advertising is against the law in Poland. What did I get recently on the app? Get-rich-fast scams, and some fear-mongering about democrats bringing in energy armageddon. Did I mention I am in Poland?

    • @crocglox7797
      @crocglox7797 Год назад +22

      if the free market of ideas gets overrun with thugs and grifters, screeching barkers, and snake oil liars, it HURTS EVERY BUSINESS' BOTTOM LINE. It hurts society. It terrorizes the customers.
      Clean up your marketplace, youtube.

  • @stephans1990
    @stephans1990 Год назад +324

    For some reason the algorithm thinks I'm loaded and I get advertisements for Bentley, yachts and private jets. I still wonder why it think I can afford any of that, but it's at least more pleasant to look at than scammer commercials.

    • @mr.boomguy
      @mr.boomguy Год назад +14

      I guess you feel lucky.
      I would xD

    • @harki804
      @harki804 Год назад +30

      coz u love watching a lot of car reviews, rich people toys, food, stuff, etc on youtube and other platforms

    • @dna9838
      @dna9838 Год назад +28

      Reassuring, in a way, that they don't know enough about you to get the ads right

    • @kukuipupule4415
      @kukuipupule4415 Год назад +10

      the"algorhythm" just thinks im a gullible fool I'm offended and im gonna sue

    • @Haegemon
      @Haegemon Год назад +5

      I get a lot of Grammarly but is more pleasant than those stupid, "I got a special meditation technique to manifest money" or "special technique to sell nothing in Amazon but become rich".

  • @absolutechaos13
    @absolutechaos13 Год назад +164

    I was listening to a video on headphones while mowing the lawn. The audio abruptly cut to a vifferent video. I thought it was an ad so I just let it play. 5 minutes later it was still going. I pulled the phone out of my pocket thinking i had accidentally skipped to an ad video or something and it proudly proclaimed that I was 5 minutes into a 3 HOUR AD that was in a 26 minute video. I can say that no one saw the end of that ad.

    • @TheOneWhoMightBe
      @TheOneWhoMightBe Год назад +57

      I've had similar (30+min ads). I leave it running, and get a new device to continue with what I was listening to/watching. They can pay for the damn ad.

    • @UncaAlbyGmail
      @UncaAlbyGmail Год назад +12

      _"I can say that no one saw the end of that ad."_
      You don't really know! Some of the ads are more entertaining than the show they're sponsoring!!

    • @HowMoneyWorks
      @HowMoneyWorks  Год назад +28

      @TheOneWhoMightBe LOL this is the way

    • @chegu613
      @chegu613 Год назад +29

      watched a video on hasidic jews in brooklyn and got an hour-long ad of some cult trying to convert me lol

    • @erikschaal4124
      @erikschaal4124 Год назад +7

      I've seen a hand full of ads that looked like full length videos from another channel.
      I was listening to a music Playlist that I curated when suddenly a song started playing that I didn't recognize. It was an ad for another channel.

  • @drooten
    @drooten Год назад +129

    I've also noticed this. Around 3 out of 5 ads are actually links to scams. Surely RUclips can do a better job at preventing these ads?

    • @codewarrior145
      @codewarrior145 Год назад +26

      Yes they can but they care about money more than people.

    • @blanketyblank604
      @blanketyblank604 Год назад +2

      @@codewarrior145 Google chrome is supposed to be open source.

    • @atafakheri8659
      @atafakheri8659 10 месяцев назад

      in an unregulated marketplace there is no incentive to destroy your source of income. youtube is run on ads. only governmental regulation can stop it. and since the american people react to regulation like a vampire confronted with a cross, i don't see anything happening.

    • @blanketyblank604
      @blanketyblank604 10 месяцев назад +2

      chromium is open source, chrome is chromium with google crap in it.

    • @blanketyblank604
      @blanketyblank604 10 месяцев назад +5

      @@codewarrior145 Yes they do we are a dollar sign not a person.

  • @yuvalne
    @yuvalne Год назад +56

    Not being able to discern which ad is a scam right away is one thing. Keeping the same ad on the platform for months despite being reported to is another thing. RUclips does the latter, A LOT.

    • @wisico640
      @wisico640 7 месяцев назад

      Pretty sure the advertisers change acount & location. They have to find a way to crack this down...

    • @leonfa259
      @leonfa259 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@wisico640I reported clearly fraudulent deepfake ads and they were all deemed within guidelines. It feels like someone tries to push short term numbers sacrificing reputation and valuation. You can sell your reputation for a pretty penny but once it's gone, it's gone.

  • @Schizniit
    @Schizniit Год назад +118

    We need to start really talking with Google about these fake ads. Especially the ones that lie about a 4th stimulus check. There isn't one and all the ads link you to a website that isn't associated with the IRS which is the ONLY place you should be able to get one if they passed one, which they won't.

    • @blanketyblank604
      @blanketyblank604 Год назад +18

      At least google should make sure there is truth in advertising.

    • @GamingTranceSeer
      @GamingTranceSeer 11 месяцев назад

      They do take them down only after enough money has been made. 2+ million? Some Huffington post article confronted them on it and got many shut down. The llc owner associated with them just continues on like nothing happened though.
      I mean I get people want easy money but geez have some integrity

    • @Spencer_B
      @Spencer_B 7 месяцев назад +19

      Come on AI Joe Rogan said it was real

    • @bigwavesun
      @bigwavesun 6 месяцев назад +8

      ​@@Spencer_Bmy favorite is the one about the government distracting you with news about UFOs to keep the public about knowing about the free government stimulus 😂

    • @grumbotron4597
      @grumbotron4597 6 месяцев назад +3

      Lol I got one of those on the midroll ad experiment in the video. Actually one of those ads led me to google the title of the video and that's how I ended up here.

  • @theewildrose
    @theewildrose Год назад +84

    I feel like this should be grounds for a lawsuit. There's no way yt doesn't know these are scams

    • @rudir6826
      @rudir6826 7 месяцев назад +8

      Absolutely.. but they don't care cos it's feeding their greed, that's the problem.

    • @ChicoDaUno
      @ChicoDaUno 5 месяцев назад +6

      Let’s start a class action lawsuit

  • @vincentlee7937
    @vincentlee7937 Год назад +153

    In France, it's illegal to show drugs & gambling ads on TV. However now I see them everywhere when I opened RUclips with heavy French Canadian accents. I think the way they do it is saying they are technically showing us Canadian ads and not French ads which is why they are allowed but either way even legal, I find RUclips ads less and less ethical by the day.

    • @Peglegkickboxer
      @Peglegkickboxer Год назад

      If I see another Leo Vegas ad I'm gonna rip open some new assholes.

    • @balonkita185
      @balonkita185 Год назад

      Cheeky bastards

    • @VVVVV99611
      @VVVVV99611 Год назад

      They're putting content above all else. You can't find truth or evidence when bombarded by propaganda. RUclips is working exactly as intended.

    • @kachi2782
      @kachi2782 Год назад +1

      what kind of ads do you get on youtube france. What would be a constant ad there that you can't escape.
      In my country which is not even a french speaking country and doesn't even use the french roman alphabet we get the ad for Wix in french, which is so weird, because Wix is and Indian company and my country is in Asia and yet the ad for an Indian company in an Asian country is shown in French.

    • @tehufn
      @tehufn Год назад

      @@kachi2782 That's just wild dude

  • @nickmanning3913
    @nickmanning3913 7 месяцев назад +18

    Love how you can “block” a scam add and it literally just keeps coming back over and over again. The “block” option on RUclips has never worked and I question why that is.

    • @MiraBoo
      @MiraBoo 6 месяцев назад +6

      Right?!
      RUclips does state that only the specific ad you’ve requested to block will be blocked, but you may still receive ads from that same advertiser.
      My guess is that the advertiser/s somehow managed to get identical ads to pass as being separate from each other. (If there are any subtle differences in identical ads, they’re often undetectable).
      Another possibility is that the same ad may come from “different” advertisers (all under the same company) as a way to skirt the rules.
      If it’s not some dubious trickery on the advert’s end, then it’s RUclips outright ignoring block requests. This would mean that the option is only there to placate those demanding more control over what ads they see while not actually doing squat.
      [edited to correct typos]

  • @trapd00rspider
    @trapd00rspider 8 месяцев назад +16

    I'm constantly given dropshipping ads and ads from guys who are "passionate about real estate". I hate both of these things. I actually miss when they invaded my privacy to target ads better.

    • @liviousgameplay1755
      @liviousgameplay1755 5 месяцев назад +1

      I always jokingly complain: “if you are going to steal my info you could at least give me ads for things I can afford” xd

  • @InspectorMortimer
    @InspectorMortimer Год назад +207

    I especially hate those "The dental profession doesn't want you to know" gum disease ads. They can go on FOREVER!!

    • @UncaAlbyGmail
      @UncaAlbyGmail Год назад +9

      Just ignore the obvious click-bait, now that you know how to recognize them.

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 Год назад +22

      Mute them and do something else on another tab. Then they paid full price for NOTHING

    • @FlotationDevice101
      @FlotationDevice101 Год назад +2

      Just curious, why aren't you guys using any kind of ad blockers then?

    • @Josep_Hernandez_Lujan
      @Josep_Hernandez_Lujan Год назад +8

      @@UncaAlbyGmail I just ignore all ads. I just assume they're all scams or shitty products.

    • @Gully2k
      @Gully2k Год назад +2

      @@FlotationDevice101 it’s hard to find a god ad blocker especially on browser where some don’t work

  • @davidbowman5105
    @davidbowman5105 Год назад +141

    Love it when I am watching a video that exposes scammers only to have ads from the same scammers that are being exposed.

    • @Shvabicu
      @Shvabicu Год назад +25

      And the first reply to your comment being a scammer 😂

    • @NorthWestAutos
      @NorthWestAutos Год назад +6

      @@Shvabicu 🤣

    • @samholland7650
      @samholland7650 Год назад +3

      @@Shvabicu Probably Indian scammer

    • @patriciavandevelde5469
      @patriciavandevelde5469 Год назад

      Hahahahaha Hahahahaha

    • @arnvonsalzburg5033
      @arnvonsalzburg5033 Год назад +6

      @@samholland7650 it's so bad right now I'm feeling scammed as soon as I hear a specific accent :(

  • @dou5689
    @dou5689 Год назад +8

    "Seeing a ad, avoid the product". Is the only way to fightback against it.

    • @ROMANTIKILLER2
      @ROMANTIKILLER2 10 месяцев назад +1

      Sometimes, I wonder how effective can be for sales to be the product that keeps annoying the viewers/potential customers by constantly preventing them from enjoying what they were trying to watch.

  • @ProWhitaker
    @ProWhitaker Год назад +108

    4:56 You made me watch 2 of those 6 second unskippable ads, you monster, thanks for the video

    • @HShango
      @HShango Год назад +5

      Lol hahaha, let me guess on your phone (iPhone) where side loading modded apps is difficult, while on android its easy and seamless. On my end I never have to worry about ADs or sponsors marketed by RUclipsrs. #AndroidFreedom

    • @hlopplopp7066
      @hlopplopp7066 Год назад

      Why

  • @tanuki88
    @tanuki88 Год назад +78

    If the product is free, you're the product.

    • @dodiloi
      @dodiloi Год назад +3

      Shouldn'r the sting be more like: If the product is free, YOU are paying it

    • @legitgarbage8852
      @legitgarbage8852 Год назад +1

      What about FOSS?

    • @Ujemaima
      @Ujemaima Год назад

      Preach

    • @aluisious
      @aluisious Год назад +2

      @@dodiloi No, he got it right.

    • @justzach253
      @justzach253 Год назад +3

      Except for models where the product is free and they game you into buying tons of things to enhance your use of the product like mobile games and gacha games.

  • @madmax2069
    @madmax2069 Год назад +8

    Its getting worse. When you see a $150-$2000 electric bike being listed on RUclips for $30 on a website that you've never heard of but shows best buy or another well known store. There's something wrong.
    And there's absolutely no way to report them

  • @bahaatamer1245
    @bahaatamer1245 Год назад +85

    HMW: "let's watch an ad together right now"
    *RUclips actually shows an ad*
    Me: *skips*
    HMW: "you skipped that last ad, didn't you?"
    Me: "yes 🙃"

    • @manuxx3543
      @manuxx3543 Год назад +7

      If you report the unskipable ads, you skip them too

    • @firesilk4674
      @firesilk4674 Год назад +1

      "let's watch an ad together right now"
      I get 2 ads =))))

    • @jaschabull2365
      @jaschabull2365 Год назад

      I wasn't given the option, and I was shown 2 of 'em T-T

    • @mattcintosh2
      @mattcintosh2 Год назад

      No, because I was eating chips and didn't want to get grease on my trackpad...

  • @TheSimba86
    @TheSimba86 Год назад +98

    I just use an AdBlocker, most websites are so full of ads anymore that they're unusable without an AdBlocker. I use an AdBlocker on RUclips also because it's gotten so full of ads is ridiculous

    • @Bullminator
      @Bullminator Год назад +6

      Leave youtube for 5 min and come back. U-block origin will show 999 blocked adds.

    • @512TheWolf512
      @512TheWolf512 Год назад

      When you work for a big company and have to use the web to look something up, it's painful.

    • @Bullminator
      @Bullminator Год назад +2

      @@512TheWolf512 You should talk to your company manager that deals with PC and tell him that adds are security risk and ask for addblock and no-script to be installed on every pc.

    • @512TheWolf512
      @512TheWolf512 Год назад +1

      @@Bullminator where I worked, the new browsers that supported AdBlock didn't properly work with the company's intranet. That's a huge problem for this. And you couldn't install any software on your own for any reason. It's all pretty complicated

    • @Carewolf
      @Carewolf Год назад +4

      And the creators seems to all have their own embedded ads anyway, so the youtube ads doesn't really matter.

  • @ComedyKraze1
    @ComedyKraze1 8 месяцев назад +8

    RUclips fully supports scammers as they're one too

  • @imonit4272
    @imonit4272 Год назад +7

    The thing that puzzles me a bit is, what is it about my viewing habits that communicates that I’d be dumb enough to fall for these scams in the first place?

  • @JCtheMusicMan_
    @JCtheMusicMan_ Год назад +311

    There is a never ending war with our subconsciousness that is inevitably pushing our minds to become faster at predicting advertising transitions.
    So far, the only impressions I am willing to allow are product placements weaved into the storyline of the show I may be watching.
    I use a dns filter, an ad blocker, and pay for YT Premium Family. If I am watching something with unskippable ads I will mute the device I am watching on while simultaneously look away.
    A lifetime of advertising harassment has forced me to evolve and adapt. I am thankful that my biggest threat in my life is advertising, unlike my ancestors who may have had more life threatening problems.

    • @UncaAlbyGmail
      @UncaAlbyGmail Год назад +37

      _"I am thankful that my biggest threat in my life is advertising, unlike my ancestors who may have had more life threatening problems."_
      well when you put it that way, it is kind of nice to not worry about wild animals invading the tent and eating us.
      especially those damnable two-legged animals.

    • @Laotzu.Goldbug
      @Laotzu.Goldbug Год назад

      @@UncaAlbyGmail Comfort has made us weak, degenerate, and ultimately will bring about our destruction.

    • @aitoluxd
      @aitoluxd Год назад +13

      ​@@UncaAlbyGmail two legged animals? 🤔
      kangaroos?

    • @UncaAlbyGmail
      @UncaAlbyGmail Год назад +16

      @@aitoluxd Ostriches ... very nasty ... 😆😆😆

    • @memus3852
      @memus3852 Год назад

      I would recommend pairing a Bluetooth device when an ad is displayed, except AirPods and such that stop the playback if one of both headphones are removed.

  • @nonhic
    @nonhic Год назад +6

    I literally just got an ad for a dating site, it says and I quote, "In this app, girls do not hesitate and put your sausage in their mouth."
    I'm horrified youtube has come to a point where it allows blatant sexual advertisement on their site.

  • @baldrick6071
    @baldrick6071 10 месяцев назад +15

    This is highly disturbing on RUclips’s part. The AI used makes them appear legit which is dangerous for young people (particularly) trying to get ahead. All for a quick buck! Shame on you RUclips! 🤬🤬

    • @ripkm-iwaly
      @ripkm-iwaly 28 дней назад

      Hold them accountable I guess, there should be a clear distinction between websites made by amateurs for personal use and corporate websites with subsidiaries and such

  • @averagecryptopunk2800
    @averagecryptopunk2800 Год назад +28

    Nothing quite hits like getting a set of Tai Lopez and Grant Cardone ads right before watching this video

    • @ElectrostatiCrow
      @ElectrostatiCrow Год назад +8

      I'm here in my garage. Next to my Lamborghini, but you know what I like more than my Lamborghini? *KNOWLEDGE*

    • @frankvonfrauner
      @frankvonfrauner Год назад +3

      Stop being a hustle bro, and you won't get hustled, bro.

  • @samholland7650
    @samholland7650 Год назад +6

    RUclips doesn't care if you click on scammer's ad or real ad as long as they are generating money.

  • @TheNewRobotMaster
    @TheNewRobotMaster Год назад +35

    I haven't seen an ad in years on the internet. Get adblock. Get it forever. Even if it reduces functionality of your browser, get adblock! In video ads are okay because I know that the person who made the video approves of the ad and has vetted it, and also they can sometimes be pretty funny and interesting. And that that channel got the money, as opposed to RUclips leeching it for themselves.

    • @elliotpollard9083
      @elliotpollard9083 Год назад

      Yeah youtube is basically a commodity and don't provide any service to the content creators...

    • @ddd4040
      @ddd4040 Год назад +1

      Phone ads.

    • @TheNewRobotMaster
      @TheNewRobotMaster Год назад

      @@ddd4040 There is adblock for phones. I alsp use that, though you probably need a dedicated browser for that

    • @ddd4040
      @ddd4040 Год назад

      @@TheNewRobotMaster can you give sime examples? I don't know of any

    • @TheNewRobotMaster
      @TheNewRobotMaster Год назад

      @@ddd4040 The one I use is literally called "Adblock Browser". It's from the people who made the Adblock Plus extension. Works on Android; don't know about Apple.

  • @Pyth110
    @Pyth110 Год назад +59

    The best youtube ads are blocked youtube ads, courtesy of browser extensions

    • @JAN0L
      @JAN0L Год назад +5

      Shame RUclips Vanced got killed on mobile

    • @RWDtech
      @RWDtech Год назад +3

      Firefox for Android with adblock extension, use RUclips website instead of the app. I switched to this method over a year ago and haven't looked back.

    • @hwak6501
      @hwak6501 Год назад +1

      @@JAN0L it works, you cant download it anymore though

    • @kuromatsuoka7814
      @kuromatsuoka7814 Год назад

      @@JAN0L there are new alternatives out there like Newpipe

    • @grandstarstudiosYT
      @grandstarstudiosYT Год назад

      Or Brave

  • @miguelzoleta7155
    @miguelzoleta7155 Год назад +18

    Honestly I report the most annoying ads as child pornography as it forces the RUclips algorithm and moderators to put a stall on the ad until it can be reviewed. If anytime you feel like an ad is annoying just label it as child pornography, it forces RUclips to waste time to review it, the algorithm automatically recognizes ‘child pornography’ as a critical violation and will take at least temporary actions against the ad. I tried it on those annoying V shred scam advertisements and it finally got the ad off when I watch RUclips videos.

    • @LikaLaruku
      @LikaLaruku Год назад +2

      You can actually still report ads? I haven't been able to do that in 2 or 3 years. The option to report ads is just not there anymore. Maybe it depends on the platform you're watching RUclips on.

    • @sisicjanwjkrgk
      @sisicjanwjkrgk Год назад +3

      problem is, most ads if not all can’t be reported in most places here now so you can’t do anything about them

    • @kevinwong_2016
      @kevinwong_2016 10 месяцев назад

      Don't do this 💀

    • @dustyramsey34
      @dustyramsey34 3 месяца назад

      I’d argue not to do this as it takes valuable resources away from monitoring child abuse. The goal of these reports should be to remove the abuse video as soon as possible. False flags run the risk of these abuse videos staying up longer (since as you said, the claims go through a manual review).
      I agree that RUclips needs a bigger reporting system, but this is not the way to approach scams.

  • @subs4794
    @subs4794 Год назад +12

    In the past year or recent months, RUclips seems to have changed how to report an ad playing on a video, making it much more cryptic to figure how to do it with a TINY thing to click that opens a browser with the report options. It really got much harder, which is obviously the reason they changed it. But YT simply does not care about scammy and fraudulent ads. Seems once the ad has gone thru whatever basic automated or 3rd world worker screening process, YT just cares about the money. It will backfire over time. There are sites and ways to avoid the ads because of the demand created by YT's abuse and greed. Billionaires are evil and unethical by definition, and probably even ones who promise to give it away over time.

    • @leonfa259
      @leonfa259 6 месяцев назад

      Honestly it was probably done by middle manager to improve KPIs.

  • @OrionBlitz256
    @OrionBlitz256 Год назад +8

    Imagine if RUclips was ethical and had a button that easily reported scams... can't.... too hard.

  • @VincentNoot
    @VincentNoot Год назад +3

    There are soooooomany scammers on RUclips. Makes me hate RUclips that they endorse this stuff.

  • @EZQL001
    @EZQL001 10 месяцев назад +3

    I came here because I've had it with these scam ads I just don't understand how this is legal

  • @FinancingFelines-ys6mj
    @FinancingFelines-ys6mj 8 месяцев назад +5

    The scam ads I've been seeing are advertising free money from the government that doesn't exist. What's the deal with those?

  • @Obby_Unsk
    @Obby_Unsk 7 месяцев назад +6

    They censor information but allow scammers?

  • @BMWS1000RRR
    @BMWS1000RRR Год назад +35

    This channel shares valuable information relevant to recent times. so I appreciate it and I am subscribing to this channel.

  • @512TheWolf512
    @512TheWolf512 Год назад +20

    I started blocking ads in 2012. It's mad how utterly unusable the internet is without it

    • @blanketyblank604
      @blanketyblank604 Год назад

      I know some sites are unusable with a barrage of ads.

    • @GamingTranceSeer
      @GamingTranceSeer 11 месяцев назад

      And then you get blocked from sites if adblock is on

    • @blanketyblank604
      @blanketyblank604 11 месяцев назад

      @@GamingTranceSeer There are many different types of adblocker I use on youtube for many years.

  • @RobSch-en5uc
    @RobSch-en5uc 20 дней назад +1

    Now I ignore all commercials on RUclips and will not even consider using,buying their products.

  • @jamestakac8951
    @jamestakac8951 7 месяцев назад +1

    One thing I noticed when telling youtube to block a certain ad is that when I looked at the info for the advertiser, they were not yet verified meaning anyone can place ads

  • @14Ramjet
    @14Ramjet Год назад +6

    I absolutely hate ads that are longer than 30 seconds. Why, well when I watch on my TV where I don't have an ad blocker (yet) and if I am doing something else, the ad becomes annoying because they are always scam ads. Ads that are multiple hours long are just plain sad that they accept them, even the ones that are multiple minute ads

  • @colehartel7206
    @colehartel7206 Год назад +9

    Thank you for reminding me how much I appreciate ad-blockers.

  • @vladislavvelizanin5057
    @vladislavvelizanin5057 8 месяцев назад +1

    I’ve been just shown a scam ad on RUclips. This MUST BE ILLEGAL

  • @LikaLaruku
    @LikaLaruku Год назад +4

    I miss targeted advertising. It's been YEARS since RUclips has shown me an ad that made me feel like they understand my tastes. Meanwhile they're getting much better at finding me relevant new youtubers to subscribe to. It's so inconsistent. I also miss getting ads for video games. All I get anymore are religious videos (I'm not religious) medication ads (I boycott pharma) food kit & delivery ads (I literally cook for a living) toys (I don't have kids), etc. This makes me even MORE likely to hit the skip button.

  • @midimusicforever
    @midimusicforever Год назад +13

    When I can do so at convenience, I put the phone down, let the scam ad run, and do something else meanwhile. That way these suckers get to pay full price!

  • @matthewstahler6525
    @matthewstahler6525 Год назад +42

    Click on ads for things you hate. I've been doing this for years, and it still brings me satisfaction. It also puts more of those shitty ads in front of you to click on more of them. Win-Win

    • @davianoinglesias5030
      @davianoinglesias5030 Год назад +32

      😅😅so the company pays for a useless advert coz you will never buy the product anyway😅savage

    • @Zeero3846
      @Zeero3846 Год назад +4

      If that'll help prematurely end the ad, I might start doing that, even if the total time is longer than just waiting. It just feels a little more productive that way.

    • @smokeypillow
      @smokeypillow Год назад +4

      @@davianoinglesias5030 LOL imma start doing that

    • @FlotationDevice101
      @FlotationDevice101 Год назад +3

      But wouldn't that help the ad to be shown to other people too, so it can hook more audience in the long run

    • @iCarus_A
      @iCarus_A Год назад +6

      @@FlotationDevice101 no, itd end up being shown to less people as clicking on the ad link costs the ad company more, using up their advertisement budgets faster

  • @TheVidiotz
    @TheVidiotz 4 месяца назад +1

    I don’t even report ads anymore because it’s such a damn hassle to do so. They make you go through a form and require a summary typed up for something they don’t care/will never change

  • @Rivenworld
    @Rivenworld 24 дня назад

    Totally agree with you, I am sure this is the reason why so many people hate the ads, it's a scammers paradise.

  • @rffinances8567
    @rffinances8567 Год назад +5

    This video makes me grateful for ad block. But it also makes me wonder if I could mess with advertisers but having videos on autoplay with ad block off when I'm not at my computer. Probably wouldn't be enough to matter, but after so many ads everywhere, I want a way to push back.

  • @defilerzerg9152
    @defilerzerg9152 Год назад +7

    I've noticed a funny pattern in ads lately. It went HAM on political misinformation several months ago, and then ads stopped showing altogether.

    • @frankvonfrauner
      @frankvonfrauner Год назад

      That's all you. I don't think I've ever gotten a political ad and I watch a ton of politics/current events stuff

    • @defilerzerg9152
      @defilerzerg9152 Год назад

      @@frankvonfrauner That was a bit of a joke.
      (Somehow, you missed an event, where YT removed a whole country from its ad system, because another country was using it for their PsyOps)

  • @TheRoark85
    @TheRoark85 11 месяцев назад +2

    I love it when channels complain about being demonitized but videos still seem to be activating ads...

  • @johnpablo2772
    @johnpablo2772 8 месяцев назад +2

    My ad before video
    “ the government is giving out $3600 a MONTH sign up for the program now”

  • @user-wt3bk9nl5x
    @user-wt3bk9nl5x Год назад +3

    AWFUL, DISGUSTING, OBNOXIOUS: I refuse ads personalisation but they still believe they're targeting me. I'LL NEVER ever buy anything they advertise. Annoying .

  • @michellegaza7740
    @michellegaza7740 Год назад +17

    On this note, after watching the Unus Annus "Pee Soda" episode in which Mark and Ethan use a fancy soda making machine to make the aforementioned type of soda, I got hounded relentlessly to buy the soda machine. I don't want the pee soda machine after watching that video!

  • @Dr_DoomJazz
    @Dr_DoomJazz 4 месяца назад

    Funnily enough this is the one video that did not have an ad for me to watch before it started.
    Also nice touch with the Tim and Eric universe clip. Truly a man of knowledge

  • @Helfirehydra
    @Helfirehydra 3 месяца назад +1

    The one problem with scamed is when I’m trying to sleep and suddenly somebody comes on saying how I can make $1000 a day from home like I want to listen to my sleep videos but it’s hard when I get a ad every 3 mins

  • @theuser810
    @theuser810 Год назад +6

    Adsense also is really asymmetrical. I tried to put ads on my website (it's a calculator), and it got rejected because it had no privacy policy. So I added one and tried again and they still rejected it. It's stupid.

  • @peteredwards2318
    @peteredwards2318 Год назад +10

    The crucial part here is "there is no way for automated systems to make this decision". You're right, and that, coupled with the fact that Google/RUclips can easily afford to hire enough people to vet EVERY advertisement put forward for transmission, BEFORE it is approved to be put on the platform, means that RUclips and Google are failing to do so because they are shitheads as a company, not because its impractical or impossible. The bottom line here is that profit is a term we accept the misuse of on a daily basis. A company like RUclips protecting its profits by failing to prevent the sorts of abuse its advertisers engage in, is typical, but far from acceptable. Profit is a word that should ONLY be used to describe the money left over in a company, once every single cost of doing business has been paid, including the cost associated with correcting the presence of dodgy ads. It ISN'T protecting profit, to avoid spending money doing the things you are supposed to do.

  • @loathbringer
    @loathbringer 7 месяцев назад +2

    One ad literally told me the US was imminently about to fall and society was days away from collapsing. What the actual fu-

    • @trevorwylie5882
      @trevorwylie5882 7 месяцев назад

      im getting quite a few ads on how to protect yourself from nuclear war and flooding as a result whatever that is about im only watching videos on nuclear power.

  • @spirituallyconscious7774
    @spirituallyconscious7774 2 месяца назад +1

    Those 6,400 subsidy ads are driving me crazy

  • @BusterDarcy
    @BusterDarcy Год назад +54

    If I want to support a channel and the ad is short enough, I’ll watch a couple ads here or there. What I’d love to know is do I also have to wait for that little circle at the end to fill in while the call to action link is presented or can I skip at that point and make sure the creator still gets credited with the ad view?

    • @toomanyaccounts
      @toomanyaccounts Год назад +12

      little hint ads runs on channels that are demonetized or never got monetized youtube takes all the revenue. you want to support a channel look for a patreon link in the descrip text box the video. you can do one time donations on patreon if you read the faq

    • @toomanyaccounts
      @toomanyaccounts Год назад +1

      nor do these channels get any money from youtube red. how come people like you don't know this basic fact

    • @BusterDarcy
      @BusterDarcy Год назад +21

      @@toomanyaccounts why would we? I don’t wake up every morning and put on my RUclips hat and start reading up on RUclips facts all day. Why do you think I asked the above question, which you didn’t even answer lol thanks for stopping by!

    • @toomanyaccounts
      @toomanyaccounts Год назад

      @@BusterDarcy it was widely reported by many youtubers and even news agencies. it is also openly stated in the youtube terms of service.

    • @johnkentucky1323
      @johnkentucky1323 Год назад +2

      @@toomanyaccounts Please go back to class, your teacher is waiting for you.

  • @layiali
    @layiali Год назад +11

    I now use RUclips premium so I never see these ridiculous ads anymore. I've seen so many false and misleading ads in the past that I wondered how they got through any kind of sensible checks and balances.

    • @TunaStrata
      @TunaStrata Год назад +8

      But most of youtubers do in video ads. Like this video is sponsored by blablabla. I hate that. I dont care about any product at all. If i wanna buy something, i search it for myself.

    • @gabbyn978
      @gabbyn978 Год назад

      Well, they do. Just look at this scammer who says nothing except hitmeup. Right beneath your commentary. I am fairly sure this is an incarnation of the get rich schemes that I noticed in the last weeks, because it uses the same pattern. And after promising money (to be stolen from you) got them banned, they have started the mystery show.

    • @crazydragy4233
      @crazydragy4233 Год назад

      @@gabbyn978 I've seen a theory on the scam bots in comment sections not being regulated properly because it inflates engagement for YT? I mean doesn't seem far fetched when a single guy can make a script to scrub them out with great efficiency that anyone can implement on their channel.

    • @Kingofthenet2
      @Kingofthenet2 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@TunaStratathis is the one I hate the most. I’m starting to avoid channels like that altogether, apart from this only video. Will skip the sponsored portion immediately

  • @Articulate99
    @Articulate99 5 месяцев назад

    Always interesting, thanks.

  • @limpforasimp1585
    @limpforasimp1585 10 месяцев назад +2

    Yeah, I keep getting ads about free 5,200$ stimulus checks
    It's nuts that they're just allowed to do it

  • @yantokki92
    @yantokki92 Год назад +4

    I've been paying for youtube premium for several years so I forgot this website even had ads... can't stand those and that feature alone makes it all worth it.

    • @hwak6501
      @hwak6501 Год назад

      Really relatable haha, after a while of using ad blockers and not really using any other device without them much really makes you forget online ads even exist.

  • @smartestmoronx19
    @smartestmoronx19 Год назад +3

    Clever little ad placement. I watched it all the way since it was put in at such a non disruptive time. Wish more content creators did that instead of whenever they felt like it

  • @hrdstyldncngisbst
    @hrdstyldncngisbst Год назад

    Yussss. The video I didn't know I needed.
    I ask myself this question all the time.

  • @TheZombieSlayerWave
    @TheZombieSlayerWave Год назад

    This very educational for me as someone who use add block and sponsor block . I don't watch adverts and over a minute of your video got automatically skipped because it was a sponsorship.

  • @thenaturalpathofdestiny244
    @thenaturalpathofdestiny244 Год назад +5

    RUclips acts like their hands are clean and have no responsibility for scams posted on their front page.
    Their thought is, if you're stupid enough to purchase something that sounds too good to be true, it's your fault, not ours. And we're not going to review any display ads on our front page, unless somebody starts bitching about how they got scammed.
    And our company won't remove a display ad, even if it sounds to good to be true to us, that's up to you. Well keep that ad going for months. Why?
    Because there are no laws saying we have to protect our subscribers from fraudulent ads we place on our front page. We're immune from prosecution because we say so. So, if you got scammed out of money from an ad on our front page
    TOUGH LUCK SUCKER!

  • @ElectrostatiCrow
    @ElectrostatiCrow Год назад +25

    It's low key terrifying how sophisticated and manipulative the RUclips algorithm is.

    • @Carewolf
      @Carewolf Год назад +5

      Just install an adblocker..

  • @ErdrickHero
    @ErdrickHero 6 месяцев назад +1

    When I see a product advertised on RUclips, I go out of my way to not buy the product.

  • @UnitedWeStand2020
    @UnitedWeStand2020 3 месяца назад +2

    Look who runs RUclips, this should tell you all you need to know about why they allow ALL these scam ads.

    • @CL-gv2fx
      @CL-gv2fx 2 месяца назад

      Congress should get off their asses

  • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
    @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Год назад +5

    I pay for Premium since RUclips is what I use the most for my entertainment and I like long-form content. Try watching a 40 minute video with ads every ten minutes 😣 And as fucked up as it might be, I'm half tempted to begin skipping over the RUclipsr sponsorships as well.

    • @lIIl_lIl_lIIl
      @lIIl_lIl_lIIl Год назад

      I always dislike the video when the sponsor bs starts, and then skip half the video lol

  • @biggestfan.
    @biggestfan. Год назад +8

    With all the resources and tools available, I haven't seen an advertisement in years. Even sponsors in videos are blocked. Imagine watching an advert in 2022.

    • @Bullminator
      @Bullminator Год назад

      I kinda wish phone addblockers would have that good support tho. Internet there is un-useable.

    • @biggestfan.
      @biggestfan. Год назад

      @@Bullminator Blokada on android works wonders. RUclips Vanced for RUclips app aswell.

  • @rickybobby5153
    @rickybobby5153 9 месяцев назад +1

    Basically every top video ad on my RUclips is a scam ad

  • @AveMcree
    @AveMcree Год назад +4

    Talks about ads... Goes right into a sponsored ad 2 minutes into the video.. lol can't make this stuff up.. Love the channel btw

    • @HowMoneyWorks
      @HowMoneyWorks  Год назад +1

      I think the audience can pick up that I’m talking about the scam ads from RUclips like get rich quick bs, not good companies like HelloFresh.
      And thanks! Appreciate it

    • @Carewolf
      @Carewolf Год назад +1

      @@HowMoneyWorks What makes you think HelloFresh is a good company? Is it because they pay you? ;)

  • @Unmentioned77
    @Unmentioned77 Год назад +3

    Every time I get a fake game, I make sure to leave a 1 star review

    • @TheMeetymeet
      @TheMeetymeet Год назад

      Good, this needs to be done to put them out of commission.

    • @wadu7205
      @wadu7205 Год назад

      I haven't downloaded a mobile game in a decade. They are all crap.

  • @govimodo9231
    @govimodo9231 5 месяцев назад

    I’ve always wondered how it works
    Thank you

  • @betun130
    @betun130 Год назад +5

    Damn, I was trying to skip the ads on this video and then realised that it was the beginning of the video itself xD

  • @valentinursu1747
    @valentinursu1747 Год назад +6

    When the creator "experiments" with ads mid-video to prove a point but you have premium...bliss

  • @dougsadownik6118
    @dougsadownik6118 3 месяца назад

    That clip about ads was an ad. Well done!

  • @negroin-paradise5496
    @negroin-paradise5496 Год назад

    the editing with the add was quite impressive, i was confused af to the point i had to watch the whole ad

  • @THETRIVIALTHINGS
    @THETRIVIALTHINGS Год назад +6

    lol Ads? What ads? I haven't seen ads on any website for over half a decade now. If anyone wants to support a creator, they're better off donating to them directly via patreon, or membership, etc. Not these greedy corporations.

  • @RosenIvanovPetkov
    @RosenIvanovPetkov Год назад +4

    Finally someone to address this issue

  • @emmasurf8768
    @emmasurf8768 6 месяцев назад +2

    Here it is a year later and the $6400 scan ads are nonstop Even weirder is they now have Steve Harvey, Kurt Russell, Oprah Winfrey clips with fake voices talking about the $6400, clearly the words don't match the mouth movements. Seems like they should be actionable

  • @tek512
    @tek512 6 месяцев назад +1

    Something something "claim your $8,500 government subsidy today. We promise this isn't a scam."

  • @davestrider2045
    @davestrider2045 Год назад +3

    I've trained my RUclips algorithm to give me two 15 second skippable ads. That way the creator gets paid and I only have to watch 30 seconds of ads.

    • @cindymora6714
      @cindymora6714 Год назад +1

      May I ask how?

    • @davestrider2045
      @davestrider2045 Год назад +2

      @@cindymora6714 It’s pretty simple but you have to be diligent. You skip anything that isn’t 15 seconds and you always watch 15 second ads. I can’t seem to get it to only 15 second ads but it’s pretty close for me. I’ve tried training it to one 30 second ad working also but that is proving tricky and not worth the effort, having already put the time in to get it how I have it now.

    • @cindymora6714
      @cindymora6714 Год назад +1

      @@davestrider2045 😁 thank you for the answer, gonna try

    • @davestrider2045
      @davestrider2045 Год назад

      @@cindymora6714 How’s it working for you?

  • @EtherealReality
    @EtherealReality Год назад +3

    It would be so interesting if this video happened to be demonetized.

  • @3mileisland516
    @3mileisland516 6 дней назад +1

    I just wanted to know why people buy ANYTHING they see advertised on a RUclips ad?
    Don't people with money already know what they want and where to get it?
    Who ARE these people who keep buying things from Temu etc??
    How do companies like Dominos even know if their advertising works? I just buy food from shops nearby to me.
    If I watched A MILLION DOMINOS ADS but there wasn't a branch nearby I would NEVER buy from Dominos. Ever.
    So many questions...

  • @danielhale1
    @danielhale1 Год назад +7

    I've reached the point where if it's an ad, I conclude it's a scam. I don't watch, I don't click, I don't trust. If companies want to reach out to me, this is by far the worst way to do so.

  • @humphreygeo
    @humphreygeo Год назад +54

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    money to grow with the highest rates of
    return, and the lowest risk possible. While
    there are no shortcuts to getting rich, but
    there are smart ways to go about it.

    • @moonsun3866
      @moonsun3866 Год назад

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    • @moonsun3866
      @moonsun3866 Год назад

      She helped me recover what I lost trying to trade myself

    • @lillymasokku
      @lillymasokku Год назад

      My first experience with her gave me the assurance that has made me to invest without fear of loosing

    • @greatffgyv
      @greatffgyv Год назад

      I invested £5000 pounds I I received £54,000 thousand pounds within 7 days working

    • @sap__72699
      @sap__72699 Год назад

      She's obviously the best, I invested $3,000 and she made profit of $28,000 for me just in 15 days

  • @bunpurse
    @bunpurse Год назад +1

    my ad before this was a survey asking about my recent ads experience on youtube 😂

  • @rpmcnee
    @rpmcnee 6 месяцев назад +1

    one would hope the people being defrauded of their image and voice and endorsement sue and file charges against the advertisers.

  • @harrison6082
    @harrison6082 Год назад +8

    It's weird to think that a huge portion of RUclips's revenue may come from scam or really questionable companies.
    Also, unless it's a big already well known company, you might not even know what was being advertised in the normal 3 second ad.
    You see it for such a short time, I often find myself not even knowing what was being advertised (Unless it's an already well known company)

    • @Diphenhydra
      @Diphenhydra Год назад +2

      Before I got Spotify Premium I would regularly get ads that relied on visually watching, which struck me as weird because most people using Spotify won’t be watching.

    • @Ditronian
      @Ditronian Год назад +4

      It's even weirder to think that there are actually still people without an ad-blocker watching those ads.

  • @waltersgraham1216
    @waltersgraham1216 Год назад +9

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    • @waltersgraham1216
      @waltersgraham1216 Год назад

      Actually I'm very confused especially in the market analysis, how do people take advantage trading them?

    • @martinjr7658
      @martinjr7658 Год назад

      She helped me get back what lost while trying to trade.

    • @ericgary4351
      @ericgary4351 Год назад

      *@Jodie Tumbler.*

    • @ericgary4351
      @ericgary4351 Год назад

      Username on ☝️☝️TELEGRAMS

    • @scottwhite9873
      @scottwhite9873 Год назад

      My first experience with her gave me the assurance that has made me to invest without fear of loosing

  • @3TYKX
    @3TYKX Месяц назад

    Unless I am already using a product or service, if I see an ad on RUclips for something, I immediately associate feelings of anger and distrust with it and I make it my missiom to avoid whatever that ad is peddling for wasting my time and boycott it or opt for a competitor.

  • @user-ei7bf1ey3g
    @user-ei7bf1ey3g 8 месяцев назад +1

    Even more concerning is that many adverts claim that their item “is disrupting the (such and such) industry” which immediately tell a person that the advert is nonsense. If it’s disrupting the industry in this age we would have heard about it. I take every advert on RUclips as a scam and false advertising. Sorry I just hate adverts… full stop.

  • @Radu93Z
    @Radu93Z Год назад +4

    I get 30+ min ads quite often and if I can I leave them to the end just because I know they will pay a lot for that :)

    • @Radu93Z
      @Radu93Z Год назад

      I think they have come for revenge :-s
      Edit: there was a spam comment here

    • @rsv298
      @rsv298 Год назад +2

      Well according to the video, you're actually wasting your own time and benefiting the advertiser because now that ad will be shown to more people.

    • @rightwingsafetysquad9872
      @rightwingsafetysquad9872 Год назад +1

      So that advertiser will pay more money to creators. Perhaps it helps them, perhaps it just costs them more money. But either way the objective of creators getting paid more works.

  • @flagmichael
    @flagmichael 4 месяца назад +1

    I started watching this and a scam ad came on. Is RUclips becoming the home of internet scams?