Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
For search results on mobile, Google is replacing the “Ad” label with “Sponsored” in bold and moving it above the site URL in a separate line — Over the years, Google has made it harder to separate ads from organic search results at a glance.
Jason Del Rey / Vox:
How Amazon’s shopping experience, saturated with sponsored products, impacts sellers and consumers, as its ad revenue surpassed revenue from Prime in 2022 — Inside the under-the-radar business that makes more money than Amazon Prime. — Type any random product into Amazon’s search bar and look closely at the results.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Hands-on with Netflix’s Basic with Ads: while most shows have pre-roll ads, mid-roll ads are more unpredictable; many popular shows are locked to higher tiers — Clicking into something on Netflix’s new ads tier is a roll of the dice: you never know how many ads you might have to sit through.
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google adds new kids-focused features to Google TV, including parent-controlled watchlists and AI-powered suggestions — Google is bringing a set of new kids-focused features such as parent-controlled watchlists and AI-powered suggestions to Google TV, the latest in a series of efforts …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Un1feed launches the OG App, available on iOS and Android, offering an ad-free and suggestion-free Instagram feed, similar to Twitter lists — Instagram is currently a mess and users — including Kim Kardashian — are unhappy about it. The company is trying to cram too many features like Reels …
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Some YouTube viewers say ads on the platform have been expanding greatly in length and quantity recently, with reports of five to 10 unskippable ads per break — The experience of watching YouTube has been infiltrated by ads over the years as a means of maintaining the platform and supporting creators financially.
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
YouTube expands its tools to curtail toxic comments, sending users a notification when their comment is removed and temporarily banning them from commenting — Toxic and hateful comments on YouTube have been a constant headache for the company, creators and users.
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