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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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who pays for clicked ads? (kbin.run)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just switched from ubo to adnaseam, and I'm wondering who's wallet is getting hurt by those ads "I" click? the ad company? does the site then make money? if the sites make money, can I choose where I click? I'd like to not give sites I don't agree with anything, but certain news sited I would

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The announcer (the enterprise on the ad) pays to the advertising platform (for example Google) which gives a small amount to the site displaying the ad.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

so by clicking I'm making google pay the site?

[–] Tangent5280 3 points 10 months ago

Yes, I think that's how it works. The company who hired the ad space pays google, google pays the site that had the ad banner.