DJ PutlerNov 7

Favorite Firefox addon that isn't just ublock, darkreader, etc? I throw out Singlefile but you probably have that

https://lemmy.ml/post/38627041

Favorite Firefox addon that isn't just ublock, darkreader, etc? I throw out Singlefile but you probably have that - Lemmy

Do not send me Chrome addons. I do not care that you have a worse version of uBlock

Show threadthermogelNov 7
Adnauseam Silently click-spams ads to drain their bandwidth, with the purpose of making the horrible advertising business unprofitable.
AdNauseam - Clicking Ads So You Don't Have To

A browser extension that clicks on every blocked ad to fight advertising surveillance.

Show threadHiromNov 7

Adblocking is a more efficient way to make adversiting unprofitable, as it avoid wasting both yours’ and adtech’s bandwidth.

Wasting resources isn’t a great strategy, even if someone else is paying for it.

Show threadgeneva_convenience
A minor amount of bytes is not “wasting resources”. It is wasting ad revenue.
Nov 7 at 11:51amWeb
Show threadHiromNov 7
It’s both, and not a small amount of bytes.
Show threadtheneverfoxNov 7

It’s basically just burning through the credit they’ve paid Google and making their numbers look like the ad was effective, but conversion was low

Google has been caught doing similar things to make their metrics look better

This does hurt advertising in a nebulous kind of accelerationist way, but it does end up with more ad money being given to Google

Show threadgeneva_convenienceNov 7
Indeed. This in turn devalues ads by dropping their conversion rate. Thus people won’t use Google services anymore.