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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
Adnauseam (https://adnauseam.io/) does this

>>rahimn+q7
I've never understood the use-case of Adnauseam. This just, essentially, allows the adbroker (e.g. Google) to get more money from the business putting up the ad. Unless every single person uses it, it's not going to stop business from advertising, it just makes the likes of Google get more revenue.

>>figmer+9b
When the advertiser is paying a bunch of money to Google for ad impressions but not getting increased sales, what will they do?

>>direwo+nd
Raise the price of their product you might have been interested to cover the marketing losses ?

>>rvnx+Fm
If they could raise the price they already would have