Google folks! How ethical is this?
I donated to a random person who is in need of medical help based on a YouTube ad. Now I keep getting those ads whenever I open a YouTube video. I mean I'm all willing to donate based on my financial status but to look at heart breaking stories everytime I want to open a YouTube video.. is really not something I can take. I'm not Jeff bezos or Elon musk to donate to each and every person in need. If I really were one of them, I would have! Why don't you guys fix this in your algorithms? Too much of anything is not good. Yoe: 6 Tc: 160k
Buy YouTube premium to avoid ads and donate to the Google L4s, two birds with one stone
Hey heard of this thing called an ad blocker?
Is there a ad blocker for YouTube app?
Yeah .. horrible. These things are happening even if you don’t donate. Maybe you are using browser to open YouTube, instead of YouTube app?
No. This is on YouTube app itself.
Okay! In browser you can’t skip those ads.
Yeah same here, I randomly came across one funeral video and I clicked it, now all I get is funeral videos whenever I open YouTube
OMG. Harold and Maude IRL.
+1 its a big toll on mental health. I ended up disabling google ad preferences. Much peaceful now.
How do you do that?
+1 I was going to suggest this
Adblock and the rest?
Isn't it ironic that the people who need money pay money for the ads?
I guess the easy answer is to never interact with ads ..
This has happened to me as well and since I donate a lot, it shows a lot of these ads. It fades away after I spend money elsewhere or start searching for products. Unfortunately, it shows you stuff that you like to do.
Agreed! But I feel this can be categorized as one of the sensitive topics and not show them after a user has skipped ad a few times. As someone mentioned on this post, it's a toll on mental health.
It’s a dilemma. But a good thought as you mentioned. Some ads are overly graphic and don’t respect the individuality of the subject itself. May be those ads should also not be allowed.
Once a sucker, always a sucker
Can I get some of you donation too?
Well, just find a way to come into my YouTube ads!