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What was the last time you clicked on an ad? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I think as a child I got viruses from one of the ads, you know, the ones would put on the side of the site. We had to call in a guy, to clean parents' computer. I felt really guilty and never touched those ads again.

So Google's and Meta's main business are ads. And recently I felt confused. Do people click on ads? Don't these ads feel phishy to them?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Sometimes I click on ads for mobile games if I think they actually look fun. They just redirect straight into the app store so there's not much chance of anything bad happening

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Been a long time. The last time I got affected was via a Shockwave/Flash banner ad for the movie "Moulin Rouge," which dates this story. It's not so much that I clicked on it, but it was on a forum banner ad. I didn't get a virus as much as I got "VOULEZ-VOUS COUCHER AVEC MOI!!" screaming from my speakers from out of nowhere with no warning.

While the head of our Canadian operations was in my office.

Who, of course, spoke French.

Thankfully, she just teased me about it and I didn't get fired.

Been using an ad blocker ever since.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Google's and Meta's main business are ads?? I do doubt this! Their main business is hoarding data about you and everybody and selling that data to anyone willing to buy it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Neither Google nor Meta sell data. The data is what makes the company valuable, so it doesn't make sense for them to sell it (otherwise, competitors could just buy their data). They keep all the data for themselves, to improve their ad targeting algorithms.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I sometimes click on Instagram-Ads because some of them are so unhinged that I have to find out what they are about?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

I don't remember ever clicking an ad. I probably have, but I don't remember ever doing it.

I pay for as much content as I can, to avoid that vomit.

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