CitizenVectron Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-21/donald-trump-youtube-ads-will-dominate-election-day Quote In the immediate run up to the U.S. presidential election and on Election Day, the homepage of YouTube is set to advertise just one candidate: Donald Trump. The president’s re-election campaign purchased the coveted advertising space atop the country’s most-visited video website for early November, said two people with knowledge of the transaction. The deal ensures Trump will be featured prominently in the key days when voters across the country prepare to head to the polls Nov. 3. Quote Ads on the YouTube masthead—as the video on the top of the homepage is known—generally run for an entire day. The exact duration of Trump’s ad buy and financial details were unclear, but estimates for the space range from hundreds of thousands of dollars to more than $1 million a day. \\ Quote YouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc.’s Google, lets advertisers target users based on a variety of factors, though it recently limited those options for political content. The Trump campaign bought the digital real estate nationwide, one of the people familiar with the deal said, both of whom asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to discuss the matter publicly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Audible groan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 They are going to make so much money with people paying for the option NOT to see the ads before the video now. It’s a huge win for Alphabet I think 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Never have I been happier to use Adblock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Are they going to run this along the Epoch Times ads too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 I plan to boycott YouTube during the elections month. It won’t change much but fuck this BS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 1 hour ago, chakoo said: I plan to boycott YouTube during the elections month. It won’t change much but fuck this BS. All tech companies were a mistake. Except for Microsoft and Apple, maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Monopolies are a mistake, who'da thunk it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 If it's anything like it is now you can skip the ad after 5 seconds. Hardly worth a boycott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: If it's anything like it is now you can skip the ad after 5 seconds. Hardly worth a boycott. Or you can use adblock. It still does not change the fact I feel they shouldn't be doing this in the first place and the only way to show my disdain for their choice is simply to not use the product. In the grand scheme of things it won't matter much to them but it's my own option to show my dislike. If a lot of others do it as well, it will show up in the analytics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 39 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: All tech companies were a mistake. Except for Microsoft and Apple, maybe. Google has a lot of good products but Tech companies like all businesses need to be pulled out of politics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 57 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: All tech companies were a mistake. Except for Microsoft and Apple, maybe. I gotta agree, MS does seem to be the least evil of all all the big tech corporations. The worst thing I can think of off the top of my head is the bundling IE with Windows in the 90s thing which is kinda eh. I’m sure there is other stuff but they seem generally harmless. And not that there should be people with the kind of wealth Bill Gates has, but if there has to be, at least it’s a guy who has given 30+ billion to charity and has actual plans to give the rest away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 31 minutes ago, chakoo said: Or you can use adblock. I can't. I'm boycotting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 I don't think I have been to the Youtube homepage in over a decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 4 minutes ago, Littleronin said: I don't think I have been to the Youtube homepage in over a decade. Ok zoomer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Just now, Bacon said: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ Thanx for the hax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Xbob42 Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Someone wants to get DDoSed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, Xbob42 said: Someone wants to get DDoSed! Free Kevin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 4 hours ago, stepee said: I gotta agree, MS does seem to be the least evil of all all the big tech corporations. The worst thing I can think of off the top of my head is the bundling IE with Windows in the 90s thing which is kinda eh. I’m sure there is other stuff but they seem generally harmless. And not that there should be people with the kind of wealth Bill Gates has, but if there has to be, at least it’s a guy who has given 30+ billion to charity and has actual plans to give the rest away. The worst thing was probably stealing the user interface of Digital Research's CP/M and muscling it out of the market with underhanded tactics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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