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this post was submitted on 06 Jan 2024
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Privacy
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How does looking at reddit from a search, not logged in, and with an ad blocker, give reddit money?
Your ad blockers and "not logged in" protections aren't actually protections. You're still tracked on VPN and icognito. Sure now it's not necessarily your account (although they can make good guesses), but to them it's someone. Every month youre making it on charts of "real active user data", helping reddit continue to look profitable as a business. They'll likely be able to hold on a bit longer and get funding until adblockers go away.
Just visiting reddit isn't in my list though, it doesn't help reddit that much. Either way I don't see why I should leave my helpful content up for others to view. I don't get to pick to show my post only to adblock people, so OP definitely has an impact deleting them.
That's totally fair, I deleted my comments and account as well. Definitely not interacting with the site anymore besides the occasional search for niche info