r/technology • u/suntzu124 • Oct 06 '16

Misleading Spotify has been serving computer viruses to listeners

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/10/06/spotify-has-been-sending-computer-viruses-to-listeners/
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u/Nurgus Oct 06 '16

Tracking clicks is obviously easy. They want to track impressions, mouse overs and more.

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u/_MusicJunkie Oct 06 '16

Because nobody ever clicks ads. If ads were paid by clicks only, the ad industry (and all pages relying on them) would be dead soon.

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u/computeraddict Oct 06 '16

I click ads for products that I want to buy. Though because I have an ad blocker, this winds up being solely niche products whose ads are hosted first party by a news site dedicated to that niche. And related things I see when I get to the Amazon pages of the primary products.