ggthrowaway12

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   by ggthrowaway12 7y ago

   I won't go into details but you seem to be assuming specific, relatively unsophisticated methods. Also, not everything you mention is available or useful and it's not close to enough to for more sophisticated frauds.[1][2] Keep
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   by ggthrowaway12 7y ago

   It's unclear any decision they made mattered at all. Building a Windows mobile app made no real sense and even the largest app developers had trouble justifying the investment. Also, I don't think Microsoft stood to gain all tha
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   by ggthrowaway12 7y ago

   I'm not sure what it is that you think Microsoft did with IE but Google is doing pretty much the same, in the sense that their app ecosystem is all-or-nothing. And even worse in the sense that it's tied to the cloud account - bac
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   by ggthrowaway12 7y ago

   Advertisers are not complaining - they can vote with their money. It's the publishers that are hit by making ads harder. Without allowing publishers to monetize, content will move behind paywalls or closed ecosystems (as opposed to o
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   by ggthrowaway12 7y ago

   Also, maybe I'm missing something but I don't see how this addresses fraud and any advertising solution that doesn't address fraud is basically DOA. How do they ensure that clicks and conversions are legitimate? It's a