I recall hearing about spammers and mailing lists that some advertisers are a special kind of stupid who think "willing to pay not to see ads" means "extra lucr

I recall hearing about spammers and mailing lists that some advertisers are a special kind of stupid who think "willing to pay not to see ads" means "extra lucrative demographic". Hearsay but it seems consistent with bad advertising practices like "punch the monkey and autoplay banner ads".