Wait so not only will I not see all this junk due to uBlock Origin but the sites I frequent will make a bit more revenue because it’s registering clicks on all their ads???
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gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Let me tell you about my friend adnauseam
Even better then just harassment, it actively wastes advertiser money by messing with their click-through stats. The more people that run it the less valuable advertising online in general becomes.
Also i would say to a leaser degree Adblocking in general is why people arent more active about fighting back, since they work its enough for most folks to just avoid the problem rather then confront it head on.
vladmech@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
If the site has pay-per-click, yes.
vladmech@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s legit, tossing it on my computers, thanks!
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Word of warning - you will have more bandwidth usage since the ad clicks are being loaded in the background sandbox, so be warned if you have something like a capped data plan or something for things like a smartphone.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
YouTube recently broke when it’s enabled, just so people are aware.
fonix232@fedia.io 1 day ago
This only works when the site, ad network and advertiser are three distinct and separate entities.
Given that pretty much all social media now runs its own advertising systems, it won't actually have much effect. Sure it wastes some money, but given how precise site analytics are, most can actually discern between real clicks and these automated tools.
Not to mention that the whole website for this tool looks like is itself riddled with ads, and also, over 2/3 of all internet traffic happens on mobile devices, which this extension doesn't support.
gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Fair point, if the majority of your browisng is social media or phone apps i dont think you are the target audicence for this.
I know google hates it because even before the manifest v3 stuff it was banned by them, its probably a not insignificant part of WHY they forced the move to manifest v3.
With how anyltics work, just like with adblocking in general its a constant cat and mouse game, and that in itself also costs the advertisers money in having to keep up with the anti-advertising methods.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I was going to mention how 80% of that site just looks like ads