I cannot understand how some people are living with this. It is unbearable

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People actually CLICK on ads??? Genuinely never had even an iota of desire to do that. I forgot it was even an option.

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Boomers that aimlessly surf facebook. They’re still trying to figure out what the use-cases are for the internet thingy they pay $60 a month for.

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I do when it is advertising something I hate. Publishers get dollars for clicks, pennies for impressions. That way I force someone I dislike to give money to someone I like.

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I use adnauseum on my computer so it blocks the ads, but also sends a request simulating a click to the ad network. Based on average CPM, I’ve cost advertisers like $300 so far.

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Is that a browser extension?

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Interesting. But wouldn’t that still decrease my privacy? Advertisers still won’t know which ads I’m interested in, but they will know what sites I visit and can still build a profile from that data.

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I click on ads.

Mostly it’s either the close X is too small or out suddenly pops/loads when I try to click on something else.

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