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How do those stupid internet scammy ads actually manage to make money? Who the fuck is clicking all those clickbait ads?!
| Other clickbait sites have crawlers, it's a never-ending cycle
| They don't necessarily need to be clicked- they're usually generating money "per hit," or how many times that an advertisement flashes/shows up on a user's screen.
That's why you can make someone you dislike money just by *visiting their website,* even if you don't actually click on anything.
| But the amount of ad money that's generated increases when they're clicked.
| Mobile. They have the little (x) in the corner that most people try to click, but end up accidentaly clicking the ad. Or even worse, the (x) doesn't even close the ad, it just works as part of the ad.
| >Ads in 2018
| Adblockers exist for a reason.
| Grandma is an expert in adblocking.
| I love you OP
| Old people and children, ruining things for the rest of us, AS USUAL.
| Stupid people are always going to exist, we just need to not be like those people... *just got a virus from a website*... whoops
| install ublock you fool, it only takes like a minute and saves you a lifetime.
| Its usually a download button when you are downloading free shit. The ad is disgused as a button and sometimes when you open a video in a site or even just click or move your mouse the site responds by opening a separate tab.
| >>166191 The piracy problem: you try to pirate some software but you pirate the wrong software and get a virus
| Also, as far as adblocker goes, a lot of illegal streaming websites require you to disable adblocker so they can keep their servers open.
| You wouldn't believe how long does it take to learn not to trust internet. Everyone is trolling, so am I.
| >>166196
A lot of shadier streaming sites don't filter their ads at all, so unblocking them can be a risky maneuver.
Say what you will about radio and TV ads, but all they can do is turn their audio and video up louder than normal. We never had to be careful when watching or listening, lest we trigger some awful script hidden in the programming itself and oh no now my TV is mining altcoins for the deepweb!
| >>166195 Not even piracy. This is the usual way windows users acquire software. They just put something into google and run the first .exe they find as admin.
| This thread just appeared twice on my page..
..Is this an ad? Come on, where's the punchline already
| But when I see an ad where does the money come from
| Your mom clicks them
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