AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store
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AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store
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Re: AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store
#2Perhaps because it was costing them money and making their tracking data less valuable. Perhaps if AdNauseam stopped the clicking portion the ban would be lifted.
Re: AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store
#3Wow, 'Do no evil' huh?
Re: AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store
#4Can someone explain what the point of silently clicking the ads is? Why not just block them? Does clicking the ads somehow aid in blocking or is it a way of fighting back against perceived abuses by advertisers?
Re: AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store
#5No privacy/security/adblocking user should use Chrome; it's a browser made the company you block ads from and tracks you whether or not the ads are there. Use Firefox, Safari, open source chromium, MS Edge, or anything else, just not Chrome.
Also a Safari extension would be very nice.
Re: AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store
#6Perhaps because it was costing them money and making their tracking data less valuable. Perhaps if AdNauseam stopped the clicking portion the ban would be lifted.
Making their tracking data useless is kind of the point of the extension. Obviously it's well within Google's interests to stop people using it. I guess if you're privacy minded it's probably best not to use a browser made by a giant ad company.
Re: AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store
#7Few month ago we developed and launched an AI-based AdBlocker (called AdFilter) and also had several problems with Google Chrome Web Store. Almost every week they had a "strange reason" to remove our extension from the Google Chrome Web Store.
We had more than 380,000 DAU (Daily Active Users) from 36 countries with all good feedbacks on Google Chrome Web Store, but even so, Google always tried to find a way to get us delisted and sometimes removed... they called it "an automated review process that is not performed by humans".
Every time this happened we need to send several messages to all available email address to get our extension approved and listed again in 24-48 hours. After facing this kind of situation more than 12 times, we simply gave up and remembered that it's not worth trying to build a business (or App) on top 3rd party company, like Google or FB.
Re: AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store
#8This is why i don't use Chrome. Enough of my life is in google's hands. I believe they are already too big.
I wish for a more open smartphone ecosystem and better tools for privacy.
Re: AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store
#9Can someone explain what the point of silently clicking the ads is? Why not just block them? Does clicking the ads somehow aid in blocking or is it a way of fighting back against perceived abuses by advertisers?
The idea is to mess with advertisers' metrics. If people using ad blockers are peaceful protesters, AdNauseam is trying to riot.
Re: AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store
#10Who uses Chrome anyway?
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Question: I'm not a web dev, Ive never heard of this. I currently use adblock plus and privacy badger. Does this do what they do? Would it be a good idea to install them all? If not which solution do you think is the most hardcore in terms of privacy. thanks!