Google To Allow Double Serving Ads
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Well, it seems to be official now. Starting April 14, 2025 Google will update its Unfair advantage policy to say it is allowed to show the same ad, from the same company, going to the same page, as long as the ad is in a different ad location. Google was just experimenting with this earlier and now it is officially going to be allowed.

Well, it seems to be official now. Starting April 14, 2025 Google will update its Unfair advantage policy to say it is allowed to show the same ad, from the same company, going to the same page, as long as the ad is in a different ad location. Google was just experimenting with double serving ads earlier and now it is officially going to be allowed.

    • RandomPrivacyGuy@lemm.eeEnglish
      17·
      3 days ago

      I love SmartTube. Every time someone comes over and they want to play something via YouTube, they’re like: “holy fuck, no ads? skipping straight to music part? this is divine technology”

    • rice@lemmy.orgEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      plug in $20 laptop from craigslist and disable internet on your tvs

      • Dempf@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        DV is difficult to get working properly on PC, and last time I tried to set up an HTPC I ran into tons of remote control issues and it wasn’t simple enough that I could just hand the remote over to a guest (or my spouse).

        2019 Shield has plenty of issues sure, but it still seems like the best option for me, personally.

        Agree about disable network on the TV itself.

        • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.worldEnglish
          31·
          2 days ago

          Not sure when the last time you tried doing this is, but it’s pretty easy these days. KDE connect can pretty much handle most of the HTPC necessities. Alternatively, a debloated Onn box will do the trick quite easily

          • felbane@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            9 hours ago

            onn 4k googletv box is amazing. $20 and a launcher swap and it’s like ads don’t exist any more

    • NotSteve_@lemmy.caEnglish
      13·
      3 days ago

      SmartTube is the best. There was a small period of time recently where it stopped working and it was so bad going back to regular YT that I just stopped watching entirely.

    • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
      31·
      3 days ago

      Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be designed to work without an account.