Automated clicks on ads don't change anything. Even if everybody did this, over ...

dorgo on March 11, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

Automated clicks on ads don't change anything. Even if everybody did this, over time the prices for ads would adjust and find a new equilibrium. Everything else would stay the same. If an advertiser pays $100 for 100 clicks today then he will pay $100 for 1000000 clicks in an ad click inflated world. Maybe slightly more for the additional energy burned to power all this madness.

systemvoltage on March 11, 2022 [–]

Actually, this happens in close to real-time: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/2459326?hl=en