Google Squashed a Chrome Extension That Flooded Ad Networks with Disinformation

Re:Google Squashed a Chrome Extension That Flooded Ad Networ... by michaelbuckbee on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @10:34AM (#13644179)

There's a real disconnect in behavior and branding here.

Consider if this extension did exactly the same thing, but was called "Ad Click Faker" and was used by those defrauding companies and sites. That doesn't seem like a positive thing, so I'm not sure why AdNauseum should be either.

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Re:Google Squashed a Chrome Extension That Flooded Ad Networ... by mayneack on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @11:13AM (#13644520)

Is that actually defrauding or just not what the ad companies had in mind? Do the ToS of websites ban such a thing?

If I don't care about ad networks wasting money (I don't), why should I care?

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