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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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[-] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago

I rarely see them, have never clicked one.

I suspect very few people do.

[-] Loucypher@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

My girlfriend asked me to whitelist her device on our home network so we can see those on Google as « she needs them to do shopping » Edit: typo

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[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

I've clicked on some IG ads before. They have good targeted ads, to be honest. I think I clicked on a game that gives you a mechanical representation of electrical concepts called Spintronics.

[-] darkpanda@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

Bought a sweater I saw in an ad. Like a 70s style one, like it was the sweater that inspired both Tron and the Twister board game. Hasn’t arrived yet but I’m hopeful it isn’t complete trash.

[-] maxenmajs@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Last year I clicked on an ad for a video game. The process was so clunky that I was better off Googling it and taking the link to its Steam page.

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Been a really long time I have actually clicked on an actual ad, unless we're including closing the pop up thing every time you boot up Steam. I couldn't remember the last ad I actually clicked on if we're not including the Steam thing.

[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

For the Samsung galaxy s3. What a disappointment that became! Never again.

[-] Schorsch@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

Google's and Meta's main business are ads?? I do doubt this! Their main business is hoarding data about you and everybody and selling that data to anyone willing to buy it.

[-] dan@upvote.au 1 points 11 months ago

Neither Google nor Meta sell data. The data is what makes the company valuable, so it doesn't make sense for them to sell it (otherwise, competitors could just buy their data). They keep all the data for themselves, to improve their ad targeting algorithms.

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[-] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

I might click on some sponsored results in Google search if it was the result I was looking for either way.

[-] metaStatic@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Fatty McFuckface (aka: Clive Palmer) was running non stop ads in Australia during the last election. Every ad I clicked through cost him a fraction of a cent.

I probably turned ad block off long enough to click on at least one ... I think

[-] TyGamer@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I scroll past the sponsored Google result links to get to the non-sponsored one that was "identical". I haven't intentionally clicked an ad in a while. Generally if I want to click an ad I just Google what I need to not need to. I use a pi-hole so generally I don't see them.

[-] skeezix@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago
[-] eighthourlunch@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

My Internet has Pihole and uBlock. I don't know what these ad things are.

[-] skeezix@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Does pi hole help with chatty smart tv’s talking back to the mother ship?

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[-] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 2 points 11 months ago

I click on Instagram ads probably a couple times a week. Otherwise, not sure.

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Advertisements aren't necessarily obtrusive or a bad thing. There are several content creators, Webstores, mailing lists, etc. that I'm subscribed to and whose ads I look forward to because I don't use social media but still want to be aware of new releases. I clicked on an ad from HYDRA + FOTOGRAFÍA that I got in my inbox earlier today

[-] HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Intentionally? Probably when ads for Wheel of Time Season 2 started showing up and I clicked through to see if they had a release date.

Unintentionally through misclick? Probably yesterday

Unintentionally through deception? Seconds ago

[-] cali_ash@lemmy.wtf 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Years. Hell, it's months since I've even seen one ... and that was just because sometimes when you start your browser a page will load before the adblocker is loaded.

[-] daniskarma@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I dont think I've ever click on an ad on purpose. I've clicked for mistake I closed right away. Never ever bought anything from an ad.

[-] Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

On purpose? I vaguely remember doing so once several years ago, but I don't remember what the ad was for.

On desktop I'm at no risk of accidentally clicking on ads because I have uBlock Origin, but on mobile, more specifically on the YouTube app, I'll occasionally accidentally tap an ad or "promoted" video.

[-] eatham@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago

If you use Firefox for Android you can install ublock. Also there are third party YouTube apps without ads.

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Crossellers, sure. But actual ads, I cannot remember ever having voluntarily clicked on one. Not once in my entire >40 years of life.

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

There were some nicely packed boobs. I like boobs.

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago

I just don't like if I forget to go incognito VPN and shop to buy something, then buy something, so I'm done shopping for it, but then see it non stop in adds for the next 2 months.

I ALREADY BOUGHT A DAMNED PAIR OF WORK BOOTS!

[-] june@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

A couple weeks ago when I bought a new wallet. Which I’m very pleased with so far.

[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 11 months ago

Every couple weeks, while playing solitaire on my phone.

It's never intentional. Fuck mobile ads

[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Never since I installed a program that prevents me from doing so by accident.

[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

Recently had one for a world of Warcraft private server which seemed cool

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

I’ve been on the internet since before it had ads and have never once intentionally clicked on one. These days I always have at least one ad blocker running, so I never see them.

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