[eiiot]

YouTube doesn't have a huge incentive to remove these ads immediately (after all, if they're working, YouTube is making money).

YouTube just generally isn't known for being the best about spam stuff (comments, ads, etc.), so this fits within that narrative.

[Pxtl]

In general I'm getting deluged with spam on Google's stuff lately -- YouTube spam replies, google docs share spam, google slides share spam, etc.

[robswc]

I'm glad I'm not the only one to notice this. Maybe its because every other platform seems to have "fixed" it.

Only "spam" I get now is DMs on Twitter and Instagram. However, I _see_ a ton of spam on youtube in the comments or when there's not enough "popular" videos in the niche.

I guess videos is a lot harder than text but even the comment spam is crazy sometimes.