eli5 what the end goal of a fake X on a mobile ad

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I literally cannot think of any reason, if someone does know why could you explain? Id assume pissing everyone off would turn people _away_ from your product

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Clicking the fake x means you click on the ad and open its link to whatever it’s an ad for.

It doesn’t matter that it pisses you off, or that you don’t actually buy anything, because it’s too late. You’ve clicked on the ad, and the ad-seller is charging the ad-buyer by the number of clicks generated.

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