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Think of it this way: Tech companies want to know everything about you, why? Because it helps them sell you for targeted advertising. If Dove wants to show their shampoo commercial to women age 14-30 then Google will gladly offer that for a price. Untargeted ads are literally bottom of the barrel ads and can be considered the "junk mail" of advertising. That's what you get when you use YouTube without an account. It's honestly despicable what Google will allow to be sent out in this category and it's clear they don't do any human reviews before approving the ads for distribution.
BS, even while logged in, when I don't adblock, the ads are actual trash, literal scams.