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How is it fraud? I never wanted the ads. How is it any different than me manually clicking the ads myself because I don't like ad networks and want to see the

by snarfy 10y ago

How is it fraud? I never wanted the ads. How is it any different than me manually clicking the ads myself because I don't like ad networks and want to see them lose revenue? Serving me malware laden ads that ransom my PC, now that's criminal.

sangnoir 10y ago
> I never wanted the ads. How is it any different than me manually clicking the ads myself because I don't like ad networks and want to see them lose revenue? Scale and rapidity is the difference, in dollar terms, robo-clicking will cost them at least an order of magnitude more. I also don't think advertisers mind that you clicked on their ad in anger - as long as you saw it and it registered.