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Ah yes, we blame the most of the problems in society on advertisers, but when those advertisers get screwed over, its... bad?

No, on Amazon, consumers get screwed over. Buying an ad so you show up at the top of the results is basically the price of admission on Amazon… seems like more then half of results are ads, so everyone has to buy them for any visibility. Which just makes it more expensive for consumers.

Yes. Fraud is bad. Any other questions?

In which way are advertisers like Google or Amazon screwed over?

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