Non-Intrusive Ads… for a Short While

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What's been done cannot be undone, so now we can always look at it from the bright side, since this serves as an example of something that must not be repeated again in the future.
once again you assume the position.

without addressing why you thought this would be a good idea in the first place I don't care about the AI I care that the site was malware ridden

You intentionally hosted a link to a website that's gonna harm the majority of users computers (because no one is as tech literate as they think)

which means you didn't even vet the link before putting it up i clicked it in a "safe" environment as a test and it immediately tried to download shit onto my computer

Knock it off with this fake sincerity crap your not stupid enough to have not seen the backlash coming
 
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Knock it off with this fake sincerity crap your not stupid enough to have not seen the backlash coming
your not stupid enough
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once again you assume the position.

without addressing why you thought this would be a good idea in the first place I don't care about the AI I care that the site was malware ridden

You intentionally hosted a link to a website that's gonna harm the majority of users computers (because no one is as tech literate as they think)

which means you didn't even vet the link before putting it up i clicked it in a "safe" environment as a test and it immediately tried to download shit onto my computer

Knock it off with this fake sincerity crap your not stupid enough to have not seen the backlash coming
Are you sure it wasn't any weird stuff you already have on your device? Tested on multiple environments (physical devices and VMs with different OS versions and browsers) and didn't get any weird instant downloads...
 
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Are you sure it wasn't any weird stuff you already have on your device? Tested on multiple environments (physical devices and VMs with different OS versions and browsers) and didn't get any weird instant downloads...
why would it be i stated i tested it in a safe environment that usually means either a blank slate computer or a simulated blank slate computer.

the former to be clear in my case.
 
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why would it be i stated i tested it in a safe environment that usually means either a blank slate computer or a simulated blank slate computer.

the former to be clear in my case.
Fair enough, thanks for clarifying the testing environment. Just in case, I'm not doubting what you saw, just trying to pinpoint the source.
Since the destination was a "Web App" style site, what likely triggered on your clean slate was a PWA (Progressive Web App) installation prompt or a forced browser notification request. On a fresh browser, those scripts often look and act exactly like a file download initiation or a security intrusion (especially on Google Chrome or just Chromium based browsers for some reason).
Whether it was a literal payload or just aggressive browser-hijacking scripts, the result is the same: it’s garbage that degrades the user experience and looks unsafe, which is exactly why the ad campaign got pulled, so just so we're on the same page here, garbage like that 100% doesn't belong here. :pepehmm:
 

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