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my dad is old and turning senile and youtubes ad algorithm must have caught on to that.
literally every 3rd swipe in their shorts is a scam ad blaring sirens warning about either viruses or about missikg storage space and that you need to install some "tool" to fix it.
its honestly pissing me off that Google does not get fined into oblivion for not doing their due diligence when it comes to vetting advertisers.
Google Ads allows ad-buyers to pay a little more to target the demographics their ads get shown to, the more granular the more expensive.
So these scammy fake virus bastards just pay to be advertised to 'over 60s', 'ads trigger for keyword: antivirus / virus' and geographical target to countries with a wealthy boomer class like USA, UK, Australia, etc.. Then wait for the clicks on their scam to come flowing in.