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I think the percentage of people browsing the Web while not looking at their phone is pretty low. I'm also not sure how the vibration would convince people who don't know how to use their phone. I would suspect this group would require less effort to manipulate.


not many people click legitimate ads. but a low enough percentage do, to make marginal gains in their effectiveness highly sought after

I suspect malware works the same. It costs little to deploy, so even if 1 in 10,000 people are fooled, it can be lucrative.


My point was that I don't think the vibration would make much of a difference. But you're right that a small gain in the effectiveness could be worthwhile.




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