Comment "Singled out are unboxing videos" (Score 1) 92
A while back our children discovered videos that are so called unboxing videos. It is unclear to me what the exact revenue source is, but there are videos that are nothing but a set of hands opening surprise eggs for an hour (not an exaggeration - we're talking about a literal hour long video of hands opening up a big pile of surprise eggs, and there are many like it). Now, is this disturbing? Yes, absolutely. What is even more disturbing is that the advertisement has become the content.
That being said, I think the fact that many of these videos have 1 million plus views indicates that parents are ok with their children watching this.
I think the moral of the story is that if you don't want your children watching ads, then don't let them watch youtube, or at least careful curate for them.
I do not blame Youtube or Google for this though.