no marketer optimizes for clicks, they optimize for conversions.
so unless this bot is going to go onto the advertisers site and purchase something, which can then be attributed back to the viewed impression, then this will just be ignored by ad tech like any other bot click
i cannot fathom how your example here supports the idea that Bieber playing 24/7 in a gym is stealing money from the niche artist who are listen to by only a handful of fans?
hey since looking at your site, i have seen about 10 of your TinyPilot ads.
I am certainly not in the market for one of these and probably not that many other people who viewed the article site are, so i suggest you dial back on the retargeting budget following this hacker news traffic, save yourself some money.
The hacker news readers who are in the market have already seen your best piece of marketing for the product today, this article.