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zmk_ on July 29, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: P&G Cuts More Than $100M in ‘Largely Ineffective’ ...

Long time ago I used some free $ on adwords to advertise Dropbox. I maxed out the free storage upgrades within a day or two. I am sure I am not the one who did that. People click on ads. Plus ads are not always meant to lead to sales. For companies like P&G who sell products with many substitutes it's also about maintaining brand awareness.

the_duke on July 29, 2017 [–]

I took a different route.

I spent a few hours coding up a script that would launch a VM and create a new account with a catch all email, then confirm the email.

Worked well also.

Your approach was much less work, though. ^^

Ensorceled on July 29, 2017 | [–]

And had the advantage of not being immoral.

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