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by skybrian 127 days ago
It's a bit more complicated. On average, someone is paying, but averages can be misleading. As we see with free-to-play games, whales can subsidize a lot of usage by other people who don't pay a thing.

It seems like the same is true of advertising. Yes, some people are spending money but it doesn't necessarily follow that they're people who can't afford it.

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Don't advertisers generally know the income bracket of the person seeing the ad? Otherwise what is all the tracking for?