• refalo@programming.dev
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    5 months ago

    Do they though? I don’t know a single person that has ever clicked on an ad. I know, sample size of one, but it just seems so basic to know not to click on them. Maybe those people really do exist. Sigh

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Do you think Google has become one of the most powerful & profitable companies on the planet through a revenue model that doesn’t work? Of course people click them. If people didn’t click them then Google would have gone bankrupt decades ago. One thing I learned years ago is that I use the Internet very differently than an average person, and I constantly overestimate the intelligence and knowledge of the average person. Corporations bank on stupidity, because it’s abundant.

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        5 months ago

        I have no idea how they make money, it never made sense to me. It still blows my mind to think there are that many people that click on ads, I just have a really hard time believing it still.