I know many on hn use ad blockers so here is a glimpse of what YouTube is like for some without them. I do not live in New Jersey, I have no association with New Jersey. I have no friends or family associated with New Jersey. And yet today every single YouTube ad is a targeted political ad for the new jersey gubernatorial election. No joke. I have zero chance of voting in a New Jersey election. About 7 years ago and not since then I used a VPN on occasion that had a new jersey IP address that’s the only link I can concieve of I would have to the state. My current IP address and location is at least 100 miles from the nearest point in New Jersey. In my option Google is an economic parasite at this point that generates nothing of value. It’s just an ad fraud machine.
To me this is ad fraud. Google is charging political campaigns for impressions by people not even located in the constituency.
I miss my usual bs irrelevant YouTube ads about toenail fungus, ai “live stream” finance advice pronounced with a short “I” as in lived. and dementia (I am in my 30s…)
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