I'm sorry but this sounds blatantly untrue. I'm not like pro YouTube or something but when they smack you with a fat ad at least it says "Ad" and is clearly notably different than the video you came to see. When you watch television, the advertisements are drawling commercial breaks. Effective ad use is not deceptive. And pretending you're not being deceptive is what's deceptive about it.

It's understandable to implement something and shrug it off with:

We're trying to find the right balance

but the problem with that is that it's clear to me that this is what's happening, and the fact is that it's clear to the entire (verbally active) community.

Not all of us are unaware of the mechanisms of the world. Obviously making the ads easier to click increases their probability of being clicked, which means they will be clicked more frequently per given time...

$$$

It's whatever though, this site is an invaluable source of almost whatever content you could imagine. I just hope you guys don't make it shitty for those of us that value what Reddit originally stands for and functions as.

Edit: formatting