I feel like blocking is much more straightforward. Especially given how much of the ad driven economy is built on automated metrics, this type of thing might even send the wrong signal at first 

I think the point is to reduce conversion per ad. The more people that run this, the less profitable each ad view becomes. Disincentivizing ad spending is the goal.

endothermicdev

tech

AdNauseam - Clicking Ads So You Don't Have To

Scoresby

Why would I want to do this?  As some way of attacking the advertiser who now has to pay the website more?  It will make website owners want to make more ads, but it will make advertisers more cautious, but it's not obvious that this would be good for users or lessen ads in any way.
