ijeff@lemdro.id to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoYouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockerswww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square492fedilinkarrow-up12.07Karrow-down130file-textcross-posted to: becomeme@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.organdroid@lemdro.id
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minus-squarejasep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year ago they make money from harvesting your data then showing you ads based on that data That’s part of it, yes. But they can also sell ad companies demographic data - males aged 25-44 clicked on this or looked at that for example. Google probably makes more like $50 per user per year on average I highly doubt the number is that low.
That’s part of it, yes. But they can also sell ad companies demographic data - males aged 25-44 clicked on this or looked at that for example.
I highly doubt the number is that low.