I keep seeing this posted every once in a while and I am completely confused on how clicking the ads is supposed to hurt anyone. If anything, it just helps the site by getting them paid for the clicks.
As online advertising becomes ever more ubiquitous and unsanctioned, AdNauseam works to complete the cycle by automating ad clicks universally and blindly on behalf of its users. Built atop uBlock Origin, AdNauseam quietly clicks on every blocked ad, registering a visit on ad networks’ databases. As the collected data gathered shows an omnivorous click-stream, user tracking, targeting and surveillance become futile.
AdNauseam is a free browser extension designed to obfuscate browsing data and protect users from tracking by advertising networks. At the same time, AdNauseam serves as a means of amplifying users’ discontent with advertising networks that disregard privacy and facilitate bulk surveillance agendas.
The people paying the site are hoping to get some benefit from the advertising. Just blocking ads doesn’t waste their money. But, the extension’s main goal is to throw off surveillance and targeting stuff by fitting every category.
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I keep seeing this posted every once in a while and I am completely confused on how clicking the ads is supposed to hurt anyone. If anything, it just helps the site by getting them paid for the clicks.
From their website:
This isn’t how ads are paid for anymore. It’s a fun concept, but doesn’t do anything.
It might help the sight but it hurts the ad services by devaluing click through and introducing more noise into their targeting and pricing algorithms
The people paying the site are hoping to get some benefit from the advertising. Just blocking ads doesn’t waste their money. But, the extension’s main goal is to throw off surveillance and targeting stuff by fitting every category.
It’s a controversial approach.