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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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who pays for clicked ads? (kbin.run)

submitted 8 months ago by strawberry@kbin.run to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I just switched from ubo to adnaseam, and I'm wondering who's wallet is getting hurt by those ads "I" click? the ad company? does the site then make money? if the sites make money, can I choose where I click? I'd like to not give sites I don't agree with anything, but certain news sited I would

thanks :)

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[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I thought it was about having some browser extension that clicks ads on sites without showing the ads to the user. Like a kind of "best of both worlds" for adblocking. So if it's some blog they read often the ad revenue is probably more like $1 per year.

If you were to use Facebook they can make money off your views even without clicks, just not as much.

[–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Agreed :)

*if you click on ads