I spent $220 on Google app ads. 60% of the installs were robots

Re:I spent $220 on Google app ads. 60% of the installs were ... by brudgers on Friday September 11, 2026 @06:44PM (#49666426)

Alphabet has claimed to be fighting ad fraud for many many years.

That is not how an organization fighting ad fraud would structure itself.

Alphabet does not have an abundance of technical incompetence. But it does have the strongest of incentives to ensure ad budgets get spent quickly and no meaningful disincentives.

I mean what’s the OP going to do, go to Google’s competition?

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Re:I spent $220 on Google app ads. 60% of the installs were ... by GeneralMayhem on Friday September 11, 2026 @07:10PM (#49666672)

Google is also competent enough to know that taking spam & fraud seriously is incentive-aligned in the medium term. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Market_for_Lemons.

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Re:I spent $220 on Google app ads. 60% of the installs were ... by fragmede on Saturday September 12, 2026 @12:44AM (#49668906)

You mean, Instagram and TikTok, and now, ChatGPT? Absolutely. Depends on your product but Google ain't the only game in town.

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Re:I spent $220 on Google app ads. 60% of the installs were ... by brudgers on Saturday September 12, 2026 @12:16PM (#49673935)

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