Necessary rules vs Premium Publishers

[nyc863]

I understand necessary rules. Most rules we encounter everywhere are necessary.

So normal publishers get dropped for their ads being a risk for the network, if drop-down navigation obscures ads and causes unexpected clicks. An important rule that protects advertisers!

And publishers should not put ads in sticky divs, because that draws un-natural attention to the ad unit. Another good rule!

But we all see premium publishers doing this on desktop and mobile sites.

Are adsense rules good and necessary, or not?

[edited by: martinibuster at 4:03 pm (utc) on Jul 23, 2015]
[edit reason] URL removed. Please discuss the ISSUES, not the websites themselves. Thanks. [/edit]

[nyc863]

btw the url was removed from my original post for all good reasons, fair enough.

It was a large well known news network that monetises with adsense and uses a horizontal navigation strip with drop-downs that obscure the 728x90 advert that is place slap below it.

From past experience if we do this, adsense sends a cease and desist warning AND removes earnings at the end of the month.

grrr.