Adpocalypse
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A series of events whereby advertisers stopped their marketing campaigns on the video-sharing site YouTube, causing YouTube to introduce stricter guidelines on video monetization. Internet
"In response to the uproar, popularly called the “Adpocalypse,” the platform introduced a vague new policy of automated demonetization to appease advertisers, but they drew remarkably wide lines for the AI carrying out these changes."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Adpocalypse. alt-of
Example
More examples"In response to the uproar, popularly called the “Adpocalypse,” the platform introduced a vague new policy of automated demonetization to appease advertisers, but they drew remarkably wide lines for the AI carrying out these changes."
Etymology
From ad + -pocalypse.
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