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Comment on AdNauseam is a uBlock fork that goes further: it actively attacks marketers by auto-clicking every ad before blocking

Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

IMO, this is a bit much.

It’s one thing to block ads, it’s another thing to essentially participate in an ad fraud scheme. If this simply hurt Google, I would have no issues (they are corrupt criminals, an American oligarchic institution), but you also risking harming independent sites that have done nothing wrong.

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littletoolshed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Why is advertising ok, but any response in opposition of it, is not?

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- Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  This is an excessive approach that risks collateral damage to 3rd parties who are not involved.
  
  I have no issues with blocking ads (internet is unusable without ublock origin + Pihole), but actually simulating clicks is IMO not the right approach.
  
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  - RogueBanana@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I still don’t get why you think it’s not the right approach. Seems perfectly fine to me.
    
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    Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Because this will cause problems for independent website operators.
    
    Blocking ads is one thing, but this risks fucking up their digital advertising accounts.
    
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  - Bo7a@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Collateral damage to advertisers? Sounds like a feature, not a bug.
    
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Goretantath@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Remember, advertising is jist a new word they made to wash over the ick with its original name, propaganda. I’d rather not participate in any propaganda.

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joshchandra@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
You incorrectly use the term ad fraud, which addresses advertisers themselves automating clicks on their own links to generate fake income. There is nothing wrong with people-with-no-corporate-interest who click.

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victorz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
To each their own. I’m in your boat too, I think.

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