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What was the last time you clicked on an ad? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 10 months ago by PsychrolutesMarcidus@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I think as a child I got viruses from one of the ads, you know, the ones would put on the side of the site. We had to call in a guy, to clean parents' computer. I felt really guilty and never touched those ads again.

So Google's and Meta's main business are ads. And recently I felt confused. Do people click on ads? Don't these ads feel phishy to them?

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[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ha! Here I was thinking it was some sort of garbled "your mum" joke.

[–] Loucypher@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nah dude, I never understood why some people get their kicks by being nasty online :)

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thankyou for restoring my faith in you, mate. I hope the girlfriend shopping issue works itself out (perhaps she should use her phone hotspot to connect her shopping machine if she wants to be scammed? I use mine for some stuff on occasion, if and as necessary, and my boyfriend and other housemates are thus not affected) and I hope the rest of your weekend is excellent.

[–] Loucypher@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wish you a very nice weekend to you as well!

Just to add some extra detail, apparently if you look for clothes/shoes the ads are actually legit in the sense that they will just have a display on g@@gle but, if you do want to purchase, clicking will then take you to H&M or what have you. It has been years that ads are non existent for me so I got used to look for the sites where I want to shop but… she taught me that certain people use ads to discover stuff…

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

Sorting the safe from the scam seems a terrible way to spend an arvo playing roulette, but sure if she feels she must. Personally I have been very successful searching without those advertisements. You can hover over them as you go past, and their links are invariably complex enough to nope the hell out. I don't need that sort of risk in my life.

If she honestly wants to shop H&M (USian I'm guessing?) or David Jones or whatever, she should go to their website. Even the most humble local shops have websites these days, my local custom paper seller has, like most shopfronts, had its website long before the shopfront arrived in the world. And buying from the small and local is better for the environment, better for your home town, and more reliable.