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[–] UndefinedIsNotAFunction@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

  1. I dislike the idea of clicks happening on my behalf, even if done for a "fuck the advertisers" reason.

  2. This is actually pretty cool in terms of tech, although I strongly suspect there's some real tracking being done that can/will filter out these automated clicks. As a frontend dev, I know click events are pretty strict so I suspect there's some stuff that needs special consideration here. I haven't read the source, so maybe they've already thought about that. The idea seems slick tho.