Re:Ask HN: A browser that clicks on every ad as a protest ag...
by sanxiyn on Friday May 31, 2019 @02:11AM
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This all sounds good to me. Punishing ad industry would be the best, but punishing dumb advertisers and punishing dumb ad networks also sound great.
Re:Ask HN: A browser that clicks on every ad as a protest ag...
by drivingmenuts on Friday May 31, 2019 @03:05AM
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Punishing the people who buy ads is a far more effective strategy that gets to the heart of the issue.
Also, just as effective.
This is just one of a billion issues with a simple implementation of this idea. Another issue is that merely clicking ads without adequately spoofing your fingerprint will just get you ignored by the smarter networks... I could go on and on but don't have time atm