In theory an ad blocker could retrieve the ads in the background and simply not display them… I’m not sure any actually do currently, but if advertisers are silly enough to pay simply through network traffic it’s an option.
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applecore@lemmy.world 7 months agoDon’t you have to click an ad to actually support a website like that? Did you ever click? I wouldn’t, but maybe they pay for impressions as well
tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 7 months ago
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
There’s a Firefox addon that clicks all of the ads in the background in an attempt to pollute the info pool on what you actually want and also to cost people the click on their ad campaign
Ch0wW@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s perfectly evil in a way! Mind if I ask you what is the extension’s name?
th4@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Ad nauseam:
Mezzy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
adnauseam.io
Augustiner@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Can anyone please link it? Seems wild, but interesting…
spiderman@ani.social 7 months ago
idm that until it clicks some scam ad
Zagorath@aussie.zone 7 months ago
No, ads are usually paid per thousand impressions.