Hacker News with Generative AI: Advertising

Anti-pirating ad music stolen (2012) (abc.net.au)
You wouldn't steal a movie, so why would you put stolen music on an anti-piracy ad? Dr Karl investigates a curious case of copyright theft.

Copyright, Music, Advertising, Irony

6 points by CHB0403085482 5 hours ago | 1 comments

Magically remove ads from any recipe website (preppear.com)

Web Development, Advertising, Cooking, Tools

5 points by sameg14 7 hours ago | 5 comments

"You Wouldn't Steal a Car" But Would You Pirate a Font? (torrentfreak.com)
Twenty years ago, the statement "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" launched one of the most iconic anti-piracy campaigns. Through a memorable commercial, the movie industry forcefully equated digital piracy with physical theft. While the PSA became instantly recognizable, spawning countless parodies, it also attracted its own controversy. New revelations suggest that the campaign's distinctive font may have itself been copied, or dare we say 'stolen'.

Copyright, Piracy, Media, Fonts, Advertising

7 points by gaws 19 hours ago | 3 comments

Perplexity CEO says browser will track everything users do online to sell ads (techcrunch.com)
Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell ‘hyper personalized’ ads

Privacy, Advertising, Browsers, Data Collection

34 points by healsdata 1 day ago | 3 comments

Jedi Blue (wikipedia.org)
Jedi Blue is an agreement between Alphabet and Meta Platforms that allegedly gave Facebook an illegal advantage in Google's ad auctions in exchange for Facebook's word that it would end its own ad service plans.

Antitrust, Competition, Google, Facebook, Advertising

7 points by ColinWright 2 days ago | 0 comments

App Store Curation (lapcatsoftware.com)
I was looking at a nasty free (pirate?) video streaming website for a potential StopTheMadness Pro customer. You know the kind of site that opens a new browser tab with an advertisement every time you click on something? The things I do for a sale! Anyway, my verdict was that while StopTheMadness Pro could help with some annoyances on the site, the situation was hopeless overall. There are some problems that even I can't solve.

Web Development, Piracy, Advertising

10 points by latexr 2 days ago | 1 comments

Mexico bans 'foreign propaganda' after US anti-migrant ad (semafor.com)
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said foreign “propaganda” would be banned after US anti-migrant ads ran on national TV.

Mexico, Politics, Immigration, Advertising, International Relations

19 points by geox 3 days ago | 1 comments

Google will keep cookies and skip opt-out option in Chrome (privacysandbox.com)
The goal of the Privacy Sandbox initiative is to develop new ways to strengthen online privacy while ensuring a sustainable, ad-supported internet.

Privacy, Google Chrome, Advertising, Web Development, Cookies

38 points by thm 4 days ago | 12 comments

The raccoons who made computer magazine ads great (technologizer.com)
In the 1980s and 1990s, PC Connection built its brand on a campaign starring folksy small-town critters. They’ll still charm your socks off.

Advertising, Nostalgia, Technology, History

181 points by coloneltcb 4 days ago | 41 comments

How did Google's illegal ad monopoly work? (clientserver.dev)
Last week, Google was found to be operating an illegal monopoly in the ad tech space.

Antitrust, Advertising, Google, Technology, Business

13 points by jakevoytko 4 days ago | 0 comments

I just got an ad in VS Code (postimg.cc)
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Software, Development, Advertising

96 points by leecommamichael 7 days ago | 63 comments

Judge rules Google illegally monopolized adtech, opening door to breakup (techcrunch.com)
A federal judge has found that Google violated antitrust laws by “willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power” in the advertising technology market, rounding out a two-year saga after the U.S. and eight states filed its initial complaints against the Alphabet-owned company.

Antitrust, Google, Advertising, Technology, Law

7 points by jnord 8 days ago | 1 comments

Judge finds Google holds illegal online ad tech monopolies (cnbc.com)

Antitrust, Google, Advertising, Technology, Law

10 points by koolba 9 days ago | 1 comments

Google is illegally monopolizing online advertising tech, judge rules (nytimes.com)
Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising technology, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, adding to legal troubles that could reshape the $1.88 trillion company and alter its power over the internet.

Google, Antitrust, Law, Advertising, Technology

863 points by IdealeZahlen 9 days ago | 485 comments

Google used AI to suspend over 39M ad accounts suspected of fraud (techcrunch.com)
Google on Wednesday said it suspended 39.2 million advertiser accounts on its platform in 2024 — more than triple the number from the previous year — in its latest crackdown on ad fraud.

Google, Advertising, Fraud, AI

25 points by croes 9 days ago | 4 comments

LG TVs' integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotions (arstechnica.com)
LG TVs will soon leverage an AI model built for showing advertisements that more closely align with viewers' personal beliefs and emotions.

Advertising, Artificial Intelligence, Privacy, Television, Consumer Technology

40 points by cf100clunk 9 days ago | 29 comments

Bluesky feed builder Graze raises $1M, rolls out ads (techcrunch.com)
Graze, a startup that lets people build and monetize custom feeds for Bluesky’s social network, has attracted new capital.

Social Media, Fundraising, Advertising

18 points by lisowski 10 days ago | 3 comments

Google used AI to suspend over 39M ad accounts suspected of fraud (techcrunch.com)
Google on Wednesday said it suspended 39.2 million advertiser accounts on its platform in 2024 — more than triple the number from the previous year — in its latest crackdown on ad fraud.

Google, Advertising, Fraud, AI

14 points by bentobean 10 days ago | 6 comments

Show HN: Million Dollar Homepage Meets LinkedIn (10000resumes.com)

Social Media, Websites, Advertising

11 points by leon3rd 11 days ago | 4 comments

Temu pulls its U.S. Google Shopping ads (searchengineland.com)
Temu completely shut off Google Shopping ads in the U.S. on April 9, with its App Store ranking subsequently plummeting from a typical third or fourth position to 58th in just three days.

E-commerce, Advertising, Google Shopping, App Store

380 points by rexbee 11 days ago | 691 comments

What if we taxed advertising? (matthewsinclair.com)
What if, rather than banning advertising outright, we taxed it instead?

Economics, Advertising, Regulation

101 points by matthewsinclair 18 days ago | 75 comments

Waymo may use interior camera data to train generative AI models, sell ads (techcrunch.com)
Waymo is preparing to use data from its robotaxis, including video from interior cameras tied to rider identities, to train generative AI models, according to an unreleased version of its privacy policy found by researcher Jane Manchun Wong.

Privacy, Generative AI, Autonomous Vehicles, Advertising

10 points by clumsysmurf 19 days ago | 1 comments

Let's Ban Billboards (iambateman.com)
Most improvements to cities are hard — they take millions of dollars and years of planning.

Urban Planning, Advertising, Public Policy

359 points by iambateman 19 days ago | 296 comments

What if we made advertising illegal? (simone.org)
What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform manipulation machines, and maybe save democracy itself. A thought experiment worth considering.

Advertising, Democracy, Thought Experiment, Regulation, Manipulation

1975 points by smnrg 21 days ago | 1387 comments

What if we made advertising illegal? (simone.org)
What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform manipulation machines, and maybe save democracy itself. A thought experiment worth considering.

Advertising, Democracy, Thought Experiments, Ethics

8 points by zephyrfalcon 22 days ago | 10 comments

Advertising Banned on All Sites Blocked in Russia Starting September (torrentfreak.com)
A bill that aims to further undermine operators of restricted platforms including Meta, Instagram, and X will have a much wider effect when it's expected to come into force in September. The amendments ban the placement of advertising on any blocked site in Russia, regardless of reason. Submitted in 2024, the bill will affect thousands of pirate sites and Russia's rapidly growing influencer market.

Russia, Advertising, Censorship, Social Media

7 points by gslin 22 days ago | 0 comments

What If We Made Advertising Illegal? (simone.org)
What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform manipulation machines, and maybe save democracy itself. A thought experiment worth considering.

Advertising, Democracy, Thought Experiments

12 points by smnrg 24 days ago | 4 comments

Big brands are spending small sums on X to stay out of Musk's crosshairs (arstechnica.com)
Big brands are allocating small amounts of their advertising budget to Elon Musk’s X, seeking to avoid being seen as boycotting the social media platform and triggering a public fallout with its billionaire owner.

Advertising, Social Media, Elon Musk, Business

9 points by gnabgib 24 days ago | 3 comments

Cheap TVs' incessant advertising reaches troubling new lows (arstechnica.com)
TVs offer us an escape from the real world. After a long day, sometimes there’s nothing more relaxing than turning on your TV, tuning into your favorite program, and unplugging from the realities around you.

Consumer Electronics, Advertising, Entertainment

10 points by LinuxBender 25 days ago | 2 comments

Big brands are spending small sums on X to stay out of Musk's crosshairs (arstechnica.com)
Big brands are allocating small amounts of their advertising budget to Elon Musk’s X, seeking to avoid being seen as boycotting the social media platform and triggering a public fallout with its billionaire owner.

Advertising, Social Media, Elon Musk, Business

17 points by pseudolus 26 days ago | 5 comments