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

submitted 11 months ago by PsychrolutesMarcidus@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

80% of Google's revenue is from ads. They horde data to build personalized profiles for ad targeting.

I'm sure they sell some data wholesale, but very few organizations actually want that.

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