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[–] [S] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I think they also discovered they were charging companies for all the blocked ads nobody saw, and were about to get sued into oblivion, so they refunded a token amount, and threw ads into overdrive.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I think ads were never paid by the dished out links, but by the actual opens. sometimes even only by the click on it (impression vs click).

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Google 'charges for YouTube adverts viewed by bots' Published 23 September 2015

    I think this lead the charge to confirm you’re a human, i.e. age confirmation.

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