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 stingraycharles on Friday September 11, 2026 @10:40PM (#49668188)

Yeah, the usual approach here is to offer a free VPN service, and then piggyback traffic over the user’s internet provider. Much, much more scalable and cheaper than offering to put GPUs at a user’s home.

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Re:I spent $220 on Google app ads. 60% of the installs were ... by bornfreddy on Saturday September 12, 2026 @01:24AM (#49669128)

Wow, that's genius. Basically, user gets a VPN but so does provider, in a sense.

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Re:I spent $220 on Google app ads. 60% of the installs were ... by mitxela on Saturday September 12, 2026 @02:44AM (#49669560)

You can offer them a free anything, really. It's a pretty convenient way to pay, that mostly doesn't affect the user at all (unless their connection is very slow), but generates value.

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Re:I spent $220 on Google app ads. 60% of the installs were ... by tstenner on Saturday September 12, 2026 @03:28AM (#49669871)

"value"

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Re:I spent $220 on Google app ads. 60% of the installs were ... by mitxela on Saturday September 12, 2026 @04:35AM (#49670302)

Yes, it does. Just because the value is for someone else and not you, that doesn't make it any less real.

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