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The link is blog spam, original article is at https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/in-banner-video-ad-fraud https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/

• fxfan 7y ago
  The verge is not blogspam - its long form tabloid
  • dang 7y ago
    "Blogspam" is more an article attribute than a site attribute. In this case the article was a couple paragraphs lifted from another source, which is usually how people use the term.
• dang 7y ago
  Thanks. Url changed from https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/22/18276542/scam-hidden-video-ads-android-app-drain-batteries-data-cpu-cycles https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/22/18276542/scam-hidden-vide.... Submitters: please read and follow the guidelines. They include: "Please submit the original source. If a post reports on something found on another site, submit the latter." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  • occamschainsaw 7y ago
    Sorry about that, will keep it in mind for future posts.