I cannot understand how some people are living with this. It is unbearable

  • flameguy21
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    8 months ago

    People actually CLICK on ads??? Genuinely never had even an iota of desire to do that. I forgot it was even an option.

    • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 months ago

      Boomers that aimlessly surf facebook. They’re still trying to figure out what the use-cases are for the internet thingy they pay $60 a month for.

    • neanderthal@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I do when it is advertising something I hate. Publishers get dollars for clicks, pennies for impressions. That way I force someone I dislike to give money to someone I like.

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        8 months ago

        I use adnauseum on my computer so it blocks the ads, but also sends a request simulating a click to the ad network. Based on average CPM, I’ve cost advertisers like $300 so far.

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            8 months ago

            Yep. The developer recommends to run it in stead of rather than alongside uBlock Origin, though, which is a dealbreaker for me 🤷

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              That’s because it’s built on top of uBlock. If you click on the extension it even has the uBlock logo. It’s literally just uBlock except it clicks on ads in the background. It even tells you how much projected money you cost them for clicking their shitty ads. And the websites gets paid. Only the advertisers get shafted.

              Honestly I’m astonished it’s not more popular.

              • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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                8 months ago

                So you’re saying that it does literally everything uBlock does AND fucks over advertisers?

                If there’s an option to shaft specific sites run by people you dislike too, I’m in! 😄

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            8 months ago

            Yes but Google banned them from the extension store so if you’re using Chromium you need to sideload it.

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          8 months ago

          Interesting. But wouldn’t that still decrease my privacy? Advertisers still won’t know which ads I’m interested in, but they will know what sites I visit and can still build a profile from that data.

          • Fushuan [he/him]
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            8 months ago

            Some people care more about fucking advertisers than privacy, as long as they don’t have to suffer through the ads themselves. But yeah, blocking is more private than fake clicking.

    • at_an_angle@lemmy.one
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      8 months ago

      I click on ads.

      Mostly it’s either the close X is too small or out suddenly pops/loads when I try to click on something else.