Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser
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Re: Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser
#2My guess is that Google ads would be whitelisted?
Re: Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser
#3I suppose Google's own ad network will be unaffected, thereby "encouraging" sites to move to Google's network for a no-block guarantee?
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#4My cynical side can't help but think they will do this first, then later disable uBlock / other ad blockers (or the APIs they rely on) and claim that "we can do it better." I can't imagine that this isn't a violation of some kind of law (RICO, antitrust, or otherwise), but I don't imagine this would ever be prosecuted.
Re: Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser
#5As someone who uses ublock origin and has been blocking ads for many years, I will consider turning it off if this is effective. My problem is not with ads themselves, it's with terrible ads.
Re: Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser
#6How is it not a massive legal problem to have an ad company supplying the ad blocker, and deciding what gets blocked?
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#7Looking forward to ublock origin no longer working in chrome on whatever pretense, that's obviously the end game here.
Re: Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser
#8My cynical side can't help but think they will do this first, then later disable uBlock / other ad blockers (or the APIs they rely on) and claim that "we can do it better." I can't imagine that this isn't a violation of some kind of law (RICO, antitrust, or otherwise), but I don't imagine this would ever be prosecuted.
My cynical side agrees with your cynical side, while my optimistic side thinks that a move like this would significantly boost market share for alternative browsers, myself included.
Re: Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser
#9Who is clicking on these ads, anyway? I've never understood how this adds up to profit (for the advertisers).
Re: Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser
#10My cynical side can't help but think they will do this first, then later disable uBlock / other ad blockers (or the APIs they rely on) and claim that "we can do it better." I can't imagine that this isn't a violation of some kind of law (RICO, antitrust, or otherwise), but I don't imagine this would ever be prosecuted.
I pretty much use Firefox for everything anyway, except for Google Apps.