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Google To Allow Double Serving Ads. (www.seroundtable.com)
submitted 4 days ago by Tea@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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 double serving ads earlier and now it is officially going to be allowed.

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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 106 points 4 days ago (27 children)

Watched something on YouTube on my TV for the first time last week. Never again. 12 minute video had like 6 or 8 ads, 2-3 were 30 seconds. Fuck. That.

[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, normal YouTube is totally unwatchable. If you have a Roku device, the Playlet app can let you watch without ads. There are probably methods for other devices too.

[–] FrostyTrichs@crazypeople.online 11 points 4 days ago

Holy shit this is the first I've heard of Playlet. Giving it a go now and it's already impressive.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sure, after you've waded through the swamp of Roku ads, you could get an adfree youtube experience with that

[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I dunno, all I see on Roku is an image banner on the home screen. I never even look at it.

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