Hacker News: legonigelhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=legonigelHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 12 Sep 2026 06:32:58 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by legonigel in "I spent $220 on Google app ads and 60% of the installs were robots"]]>What is the incentive for the bot owners? Why do the bots download and install the apps? It has some (very small) cost to them, and I don't understand the value for them.

]]>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:50:12 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49665169legonigelhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49665169https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49665169