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[-] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 97 points 1 year ago

Youtube is a perfect example of why ad blockers exist. They use ridiculous ad volumes and spy on their users for data to sell.

[-] corbin@infosec.pub 5 points 1 year ago

YouTube doesn’t sell user data, the data is for targeting ads.

[-] Antitrust7668@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

You realize Google owns YouTube, right? 😆

[-] corbin@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago

Google owns YouTube and the AdSense advertising network. They don’t need to sell the data to advertisers because they are the advertiser. It’s more valuable for them to just hoard that for forever and use it for ad targeting.

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