Because some people do click it. Children, old people, tech illiterate people. The exact target market for those wanting to exploit people.
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Jessvj93@lemmy.world 5 hours agoI was born in 93, got non-dial up home internet access in 2003, and never ever, in the history of my time being on the internet. I have never ever, not even once clicked on an ad on purpose. Like the Yahtzee ad thats showing right above your comment, I will never click this shit and follow it all the way up to giving my credit card info over. Why do we even have these nowadays, aside from tracking you?
Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Sunsofold@lemmings.world 4 hours ago
There are ads on Lemmy? I’ve never seen one.
But, like so many things in this world, if you ask ‘why is this a thing?’ the answer is almost always ‘idiots exist.’ A handful of idiots DO click on ads and buy the products, download the malware, etc. It’s not much but the 30 real people lend legitimacy to the 970 ‘totally real people’ who ‘totally clicked on the ad but just didn’t buy anything’ according to the metrics, and it’s seemingly impossible to sell anything without paying rent to the marketers because it’s essentially analogous to nuclear arms; if no one had it, everyone would be happier, healthier, and safer, but if they have it and you don’t, you lose.
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 9 minutes ago
That’s on their specific client.