mistermodal@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 15 hours agoFavorite Firefox addon that isn't just ublock, darkreader, etc? I throw out Singlefile but you probably have thatmessage-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up169arrow-down1message-squareFavorite Firefox addon that isn't just ublock, darkreader, etc? I throw out Singlefile but you probably have thatmistermodal@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 15 hours agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHirom@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 hours agoAdblocking is a more efficient way to make adversiting unprofitable, as it avoid wasting both yours’ and adtech’s bandwidth. Wasting resources isn’t a great strategy, even if someone else is paying for it.
minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·6 hours agoA minor amount of bytes is not “wasting resources”. It is wasting ad revenue.
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoIt’s basically just burning through the credit they’ve paid Google and making their numbers look like the ad was effective, but conversion was low Google has been caught doing similar things to make their metrics look better This does hurt advertising in a nebulous kind of accelerationist way, but it does end up with more ad money being given to Google
minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoIndeed. This in turn devalues ads by dropping their conversion rate. Thus people won’t use Google services anymore.
minus-squareHirom@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoIt’s both, and not a small amount of bytes.
Adblocking is a more efficient way to make adversiting unprofitable, as it avoid wasting both yours’ and adtech’s bandwidth.
Wasting resources isn’t a great strategy, even if someone else is paying for it.
A minor amount of bytes is not “wasting resources”. It is wasting ad revenue.
It’s basically just burning through the credit they’ve paid Google and making their numbers look like the ad was effective, but conversion was low
Google has been caught doing similar things to make their metrics look better
This does hurt advertising in a nebulous kind of accelerationist way, but it does end up with more ad money being given to Google
Indeed. This in turn devalues ads by dropping their conversion rate. Thus people won’t use Google services anymore.
It’s both, and not a small amount of bytes.