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by dkzlv 1809 days ago
Hi, I'm the author.

That was my first thought, but the problem is that the site was moderated by actual human beings and all the appeals were still denied.

> Many similar companies run ads on Google all the time

Like I said in the end of the article, it's a thing that is allowed for established companies, because I too run into such ads all the time. I made this conclusion based on the information provided by my friends working in Google and Microsoft. Again, there's no way I can reliably say the _real_ reason because all Google said was "*Unacceptable Business Practice*" linking to this page. (https://support.google.com/adspolicy/answer/6020955?hl=en#36...)