Waldo Jaquith on Nostr: YouTube showed me this video ad. I tried to close it using the X in the top right. (I ...
YouTube showed me this video ad. I tried to close it using the X in the top right. (I added the red arrow pointing to it.) See what's written under the X? "Visit advertiser." Instead of closing the ad, it took me to some Facebook landing page. Google is goosing their clickthroughs with this fake UI element.
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