• @Pissnpink@feddit.uk
    link
    fedilink
    06 months 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
      link
      fedilink
      06 months 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

      • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬
        link
        fedilink
        06 months ago

        hat’s a cute idea but it completely ignores that it isn’t 2005 anymore. Algorithms are good enough to detect that.

        • @shneancy@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          06 months ago

          eh, on the off chance they aren’t, why not. I don’t see those ads anyway and I do enjoy being a nuisance, even if a minor one

    • The Menemen
      link
      fedilink
      0
      edit-2
      6 months ago

      Might be contraproductive if google earns more with longer ads.

    • @I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org
      link
      fedilink
      06 months 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.