Holmes, 45, appears casual on a couch in pink loungewear and socks, no shoes in a spam-y ad for the mobile game Travel Town, telling users, “Here’s how it works. Boom.” ...

Mobile game ads have a bit of a reputation problem. Just look at the 165,000-member Reddit community, r/shittymobilegameads, or the growing number of YouTube influencers gaining followers by roasting ...

I’ve lost count of how many fake mobile game ads I’ve been forced to endure. They’re annoyingly persistent, appearing everywhere from YouTube to Reddit, and even inside other mobile games.

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Original article: November 15, 2023 (10:48 AM ET): Ads on YouTube are a hot topic right now as Google continues to crack down on the use of ad-blockers on the platform. Today, some YouTube users ...