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?
Accidentally so many times.
goes to press download button HELLO CONTENT LAYOUT SHIFT clicks ad
Learned this one from runescape: You can get around this by always right clicking.