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It's part of the affiliate fraud...
by rKarpinski 2y ago
It's part of the affiliate fraud...
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- gruez 2y agoJust because there's affiliate fraud happening doesn't mean google is benefiting. What evidence is there that google is benefiting? Are they even using google's affiliate network? Does google even have one?
- rKarpinski 2y agoIs it that you don't believe these pieces of malware are generating fake engagement on Google's properties? Or that Clicks, Views & Users don't matter to Google?
- gruez 2y ago>Is it that you don't believe these pieces of malware are generating fake engagement on Google's properties? The extensions engage in affiliate fraud (ie. injecting affiliate code/cookies to links/sessions) and collect user data. That hardly counts as "engagement on Google's properties", which are mostly search ads and youtube. To my knowledge google doesn't have an affiliate network, so they're not getting anything there either. You seem to imply that the extensions are engaging in ad fraud (eg. viewing/clicking on ads), but there's no evidence of that presented in the OP or in this comment section.
- rKarpinski 2y agoNot just ad fraud but yes... Fake google accounts, fake reviews, fake downloads, fake views etc. etc. Again not saying they are profiting off of it as much as those are numbers you get promoted for moving up and to right in the OKR, not down. Can share some receipts if you send me an email.
- rKarpinski 2y agoI had no idea until I made an extension how messed up the ecosystem is. Now I regularly get offered ~5 figures a month in recurring revenue to turn my extension into malware & I've see how blatant the abuses are by other extensions / the sellouts.