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>Don't tell me I'm not allowed to click buttons you put in my face. To be fair, you put it in your own face, by visiting the site...

• rvnx 9mo ago
  I mean, (not to you, as we go in the same direction, in general), just block it. The goal of Adnauseam was to hurt Google, and other big adnetworks, from what I understand. By blocking: -> Advertiser is not harmed -> For the adnetwork: No ad revenue -> Publisher is not harmed -> Pages load faster --> Google is earning less (if this is part of your ideological fight) and you get rewarded with a better experience, and you are legally safe == With fake clicks: -> Advertiser is harmed -> Publisher is harmed -> Adnetwork is okayish with the situation (to a certain point) -> You hurt websites and products that you like (or would statistically like) --> Google is accidentally earning more revenue (at least temporarily, until you get shadow-banned), your computer / page loads slows down and you enter a legally gray area. (+ the side-note below: clicking on every ads leak your browsing history because in the URL there is a unique tracking ID that connects to the page you are viewing)
  • freitasm 9mo ago
    "-> Publisher is not harmed" How? Publishers do need revenue and this can deprive them of this income.
    • rvnx 9mo ago
      Fair enough. I took the principle that revenue = 0 if no conversion, but in reality this is not true at all.
      • freitasm 9mo ago
        No, it's not, as there are ads that pay per impression, not click.