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A comment on Pale Moon blocks AdNauseam extension. Parent comment

Re:Pale Moon blocks AdNauseam extension by slavik81 on Sunday August 27, 2017 @09:50PM (#15113934)
Is it? The user would have to be making a misrepresentation by doing so. Is clicking an ad link really a statement that meaningfully communicates anything? Or is the advertiser merely inferring a meaning and getting it wrong for that user?
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Re:Pale Moon blocks AdNauseam extension by evilDagmar on Monday August 28, 2017 @12:27PM (#15117782)
That has no bearing here because it's not the user mis-clicking on the link, but the app in question deliberately following a link on behalf of the user with the stated goal of causing harm.
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