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Re:Click farms: a shadowy internet industry is booming in China by kevin_thibedeau on Monday July 22, 2019 @08:06PM (#20503386)
Advertisers pass their costs onto their customers. Everyone is hurt by fraud.
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Re:Click farms: a shadowy internet industry is booming in China by lazyjones on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @02:15PM (#20508897)
> Everyone is hurt by fraud.

No, the users aren't. The advertisers are, they evaluate the performance of their advertising and find it less worthwhile as fraud increases.

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