@_Bubble_2009 posted about this browser extension in April, but I've been seeing a number of people posting about it on X and on nostr. Supposedly it's a twist on Ublock Origin that also pretends to click ads (not entirely sure how or what that means).
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50 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 7 Nov
Why would I want to do this? As some way of attacking the advertiser who now has to pay the website more? It will make website owners want to make more ads, but it will make advertisers more cautious, but it's not obvious that this would be good for users or lessen ads in any way.
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102 sats \ 1 reply \ @endothermicdev 10h
I think the point is to reduce conversion per ad. The more people that run this, the less profitable each ad view becomes. Disincentivizing ad spending is the goal.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 5h
I feel like blocking is much more straightforward. Especially given how much of the ad driven economy is built on automated metrics, this type of thing might even send the wrong signal at first
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102 sats \ 1 reply \ @Wumbo 7 Nov
I have not tried it let but Louis Rossman gave his 5 minute opinion on it.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby OP 7 Nov
Ah! I was trying to find it here on SN and I knew I had seen it somewhere recently. Sorry I didn't link to your post.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 7 Nov
I wonder if you could use it with one of these browser extensions that pay you in sats for viewing the adds (Slice).
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