Comment by 1970-01-01

5 hours ago

No, and that's is the root of the problem. The buyer is happy and so is the seller. They don't care to understand what they're allowing and everyone is allowing it to happen.

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bayarearefugee  3 hours ago

I wouldn't use a device like this for a lot of reasons, but the fact that what they are doing might be taking advantage of the incredibly predatory digital advertising system is neutral to positive for me, if I'm being fully honest.

If they were using the system to rip off random people, I'd be 100% against it, if they are fucking Google and the giant corps that advertise with them, ehh.. not my problem and can't be assed to care. Google is not a positive force in the world. Hasn't been for many years.

  • mschild  2 hours ago

    Wouldn't this ultimately make money FOR Google and only cost money to the company that placed the ad?

    Sure, Google's paying but they get their money regardless.

    • chowells  2 hours ago

      It might damage Google's reputation with advertisers in the long term. I'm not convinced Google would even care about it, given their other behavior.

pessimizer  16 minutes ago

> They don't care to understand what they're allowing

If you told normal people that they could get free content with a TV streaming stick that would also constantly fake clicks on AI generated websites to screw advertisers over, they would think of it as a bonus. Also it would make them trust the stick more (fallaciously), because they would know how the people who sold it were getting paid.

GolfPopper  5 hours ago

They're just meeting the standards American society has set.