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Google has put a lot of effort into detecting and blocking stuff like this. They call it "click fraud", if you want to look it up.
It'll just mean they start ignoring clicks from you.
No, click fraud is using botnets to click ads in your site to increase your revenue.
When Google can't extract money from you that's fraud!
They can still get money from this. In fact, they get more money from this than with uBlock.
They recognize how it undermines the digital advertising system, so they did everything in their power to get rid of it before it takes off. They're fighting a generational war and don't want us to even be aware of the tools we have to fight back.
We really should be recommending adNauseam instead of uBlock.