The thing that blew my mind is they're formatted the same as the posts. Its gross, dont make ads look like organic content.
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It reminded me that if you browsed Reddit from Spain many of the ads were literal scams, like the typical fake photo of a celebrity or even the Spanish king recommending you to invest in a very fishy crypto platform.
Spanish users were complaining and reporting these ads for months but last time I checked these ads were still running.
The conclusion is that Reddit didn't even check who is running the ads and with what purpose as long as they pay them, and of course they don't give a crap if their users get scammed.
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ublock origin blocks all the ads, reddit deserves thier ads to be blocked.
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Similar boat, I was pissed to be forced into viewing ads and didn't want to give them my money. The funniest part is though that I then switched to a Lemmy app that also had ads and used it that way for months. Eventually paid for the Lemmy app because those devs actually deserve the money, unlike reddit.
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I still sometimes go back for content that doesn't exist here and it's always so jarring to see the ads.
The ads arent even the worst part
The video player, on the occasions it works, forces you in an interface like tiktok, even allowing you to accidentally scroll down for another video to start playing
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RedReader app still works. No ads. Its on Google Play and FDroid.
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I browse Reddit on redlib instances. NO ADS
I would probably still be using reddit if they’d worked out a deal/way to show ads through third party apps…
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