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Re:We spent $20k on Google Play Pre-Registration Ads. Here a... by mrguyorama on Thursday July 13, 2023 @02:53PM (#36714264)
Indeed there are groups and "businesses" that "pay" you to install apps. I assume someone is on the other side of that transaction paying for new user installs. Doing it yourself would probably be cheaper and you would probably be offering a much higher payout than those systems.
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Re:We spent $20k on Google Play Pre-Registration Ads. Here a... by for_i_in_range on Friday July 14, 2023 @01:33AM (#36719861)
It's called "incent traffic" and it's notoriously awful traffic. Users are worth 5% of a normal user because they're freebie seekers who are usually broke.
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