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>>surpri+(OP)
What would happen (theoretically) if ublock would be changed to not only hide the ads, but click on each and every one of them. Would that disincentivize ad networks to run ads because the data would be poisoned?

>>63stac+d7
You would probably just start seeing worse and worse ads [0]. Legitimate ad accounts would stop bidding on your profile so you'd be left with only scam ads.

[0] https://www.theawl.com/2015/06/a-complete-taxonomy-of-intern...

>>billyp+Fc
Wasting scammers money seems like it's targeting itself in the right direction.

i used adnauseam a while ago. it clicked on about 1.5 million ads in half a year of usage.

Not sure i can give good reasoning for this, but it felt like doing the right thing. :)

>>tuco86+6f
Assuming those numbers are accurate that’s over 8,200 ads per day, every day. Absolutely staggering.