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?

  • NotJustForMe
    29·
    10 months ago

    I don’t believe I’ve ever clicked on an ad without having been tricked into it by an overlay.

    I also believe that the ad-bubble market is the biggest scam in Internet history. A whole ecosystem keeps the illusion alive that it actually does something other than exiting.

    • ByGourou@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      10 months ago

      Ads work, but if you’re on lemmy you’re not the target audience.
      Raid shadow legends is profitable.