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Why aren't big online publishers more concerned about the junk that the ad networks

If an expert like Google can't even ensure that ads don't auto play

The latter answers the former. They are concerned, but there is basically nothing they can do about it if they want to continue to earn money.



What changed?

Many years ago, ads were very bad. Then Google got into the business and enforced clean, tasteful ads and things were good for quite some time. But then they started deteriorating again, worse every year until I finally installed adblock early this year.

Did something cause the power balance to swing back away from Google or something? If so, what?


Google would have the power to blacklist bad players. And the should really do something about it. Bad ads drive people to using adblockers.




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