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In the short term it ought to make money for advertisers like Google from those who choose to place ads, but ideally in the long-term, it loses them money by dramatically devaluing clickthroughs if enough people use it.
I don't necessarily know if this is true, though, and whatever case, it seems like AdNauseum's mission statement is to prevent profiling by blanket clicking everything, not to devalue ads. I just don't personally use it because I'm content with blocking everything and don't foresee much personal benefit in AdNauseum.
I like your answer more than what I was gonna type up :P
Up until a couple days ago, I was using uBO & PrivacyBadger in tandem. Maybe I'll back to that, as I sit closer to your viewpoint vs giving ads any revenue stream. It's kinda in the same realm as why I'd buy a game using CDKeys vs pirating/torrenting. It's a morally grey area that makes it somewhat redeemable, but the point still stands. In AdNauseum's case, ~~you really can't tell what ads are clicked on and therefore don't know what any revenue stream is going in to which pockets~~ you can inspect the ads it clicks on after the fact, but the money for said clicks still go somewhere, even if it's in the fraction of a fraction of a cent.
Heh, I may just switch back. Thanks?... Yeah, thanks!