• Pissnpink@feddit.uk
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    20 days ago

    If you click the ad does the company have to pay like a fraction of a cent or something for a click through? Like if I always click on the ads can I make them pay for having waisted my time if it’s only a little bit?

    • shneancy@lemmy.world
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      20 days ago

      you’ll enjoy a fun browser addon then! - adnauseum

      it clicks on every. single. ad both doing what you’re doing, but also poisoning the data Google has on you. From their website:

      As the collected data gathered shows an omnivorous click-stream, user tracking, targeting and surveillance become futile

    • I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org
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      19 days ago

      That’s the idea behind the AdNauseum browser extension. “Click” on every single ad so that the data becomes worthless and the companies that are advertising have a negative return on investment. But it does mean that the ad server company gets more money.