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AdNauseam is a uBlock fork that goes further: it actively attacks marketers by auto-clicking every ad before blocking (adnauseam.io)
submitted 1 day ago by joshchandra@midwest.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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It garbles advertisers' data as a result, but you must disable uBlock Origin to run it; they can't work simultaneously. I recently moved to it and, so far, am never looking back!

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[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Interesting, was wondering about this. This would also "help" the websites with more ad income right?

[–] giacomo@lemm.ee 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

if thats true, brb setting up a website and a bot farm

[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

Haha I imagine they need at least unique ip addresses to count. Now I wonder if for clicks to count you need to properly click through and load the target website with the same "browser fingerprint".

[–] joshchandra@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Careful: that then enters the world of ad fraud, which randos like us doing the clicking isn't considered as.

[–] lumony@lemmings.world 1 points 21 hours ago

Yes. I prefer this to the whole "ethical ad" debacle people have had prioritized for them.