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1. 63stac+d7[view] [source] 2026-02-02 13:57:22
>>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?
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2. rahimn+q7[view] [source] 2026-02-02 13:58:34
>>63stac+d7
Adnauseam (https://adnauseam.io/) does this
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3. figmer+9b[view] [source] 2026-02-02 14:19:12
>>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.
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4. culi+Ij2[view] [source] 2026-02-03 00:33:17
>>figmer+9b
Google is selling their data to advertisers. If you poison their data, you are making the thing they sell less valuable

As a user you still don't have to see the ads but you are also "fighting back" rather than just "hiding from" the advertisers

I think it's great

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