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Interesting, was wondering about this. This would also "help" the websites with more ad income right?
if thats true, brb setting up a website and a bot farm
Haha I imagine they need at least unique ip addresses to count. Now I wonder if for clicks to count you need to properly click through and load the target website with the same "browser fingerprint".
Careful: that then enters the world of ad fraud, which randos like us doing the clicking isn't considered as.
Potentially.