Re: Two conflated things
"What's wrong with how DuckDuckGo et al operate whereby adverts are old fashioned (non-targeted and static image+links)?"
Is this actually their only source of revenue AND is this actually keeping them in the black?
"No need to do any browser callbacks or anything, a page view count by IP will do just fine for "number of times the advert has been served)"
Not with bots all over the place making tons of fake clicks, and not without proof of actual follow-through (to filter click spamming).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
