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by jqpabc123 716 days ago
The point is, I don't know better --- and neither do you.

For example, you and I have no idea if the ad networks are bidding against their own advertisers in order to drive revenue. They hold all the cards.

Ad fraud is a growing business and ad networks are not the ones getting hurt directly by it.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/677466/digital-ad-fraud-...