I still find it amusing that they consider auto-play video OK as long as it's muted. Sound is the problem, but so is auto-playing itself.
I personally like auto play video, especially when it comes to gifs.
Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on February 15
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Re: Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on February 15
#52"Intrusive"? I assume they mean visually or auditory. Presumably intrusive tracking, web bugs and the like will be fair game.
Yeah, it's time to start calling proper ad-blockers, "tracking blockers". It sounds more like something you need, like anti-virus, and also sounds like something that's "fair" to use if you have moral concerns about ad blocking.
That sounds like my cue to point out Privacy Badger from EFF, which does exactly that. It also works adaptively: it'll block any domain that looks like it's trying to track you, rather than relying on a central list.
Re: Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on February 15
#53I wonder if Google will allow ads.txt to specify how annoying the ads can be https://iabtechlab.com/ads-txt/
Re: Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on February 15
#54How is this not anti-competitive behavior? If Microsoft was heavily fined for installing their own browser in their operating system, how is an advertising company like Google using their browser, which has the largest market share, to block competing ads not the same thing?!
According to the article, the ads deemed "overly annoying or intrusive" are defined by "the standards established by the Coalition for Better Ads, of which it is a member". Since it's not Google actually deciding this, how is that anti-competitive? BTW, the Coalition for Better Ads has many members [0], including Facebook and other big ads providers. I'm personally not convinced this will solve the issue, but I belie…
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Re: Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on February 15
#55How is this not anti-competitive behavior? If Microsoft was heavily fined for installing their own browser in their operating system, how is an advertising company like Google using their browser, which has the largest market share, to block competing ads not the same thing?!
Especially that part :
> it will be blocking all ads from sites where even one ad displayed on the site doesn’t meet those standards, even if the rest are technically in compliance.
Which can be interpreted as : "only run Google ads, if you use other platforms and we don't like even one of their ads we will block all your ad revenue."
Re: Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on February 15
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
It depends on where you are, I guess. I pay for data on my cell in France but the amount of data I am allowed each month before things start to slow down (100GB, up from 50GB a few months ago) means I never get close to getting throttled by auto-playing videos.
How much do you pay for that plan?
Price plans in Denmark from CBB Mobile for comparison (most providers around these price points):
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Low cost plan with 6 hours of voice and 4 GB data at DKK 79 (11 EUR / USD 13)
Cheapest plan is DKK 19 (EUR 2,5 / USD 3) with everything metered.
Re: Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on February 15
#57I still find it amusing that they consider auto-play video OK as long as it's muted. Sound is the problem, but so is auto-playing itself.
I personally like auto play video, especially when it comes to gifs.
Good for you. Then you should have a setting that allows you to re-enable it.
Re: Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on February 15
#58How is this not anti-competitive behavior? If Microsoft was heavily fined for installing their own browser in their operating system, how is an advertising company like Google using their browser, which has the largest market share, to block competing ads not the same thing?!
According to the article, the ads deemed "overly annoying or intrusive" are defined by "the standards established by the Coalition for Better Ads, of which it is a member". Since it's not Google actually deciding this, how is that anti-competitive? BTW, the Coalition for Better Ads has many members [0], including Facebook and other big ads providers. I'm personally not convinced this will solve the issue, but I belie…
Is Chrome going to block ads on the Google search results page for taking up more than 30% of the page?
Re: Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on February 15
#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
According to the article, the ads deemed "overly annoying or intrusive" are defined by "the standards established by the Coalition for Better Ads, of which it is a member". Since it's not Google actually deciding this, how is that anti-competitive? BTW, the Coalition for Better Ads has many members [0], including Facebook and other big ads providers. I'm personally not convinced this will solve the issue, but I belie…
Is Chrome going to block ads on the Google search results page for taking up more than 30% of the page?
My guess is no, because while they may take 30%+ of the screen initially, they don't represent 30%+ of the full page (see [0] for more details).
[0] https://www.betterads.org/mobile-ad-density-higher-than-30/
Re: Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on February 15
#60So, Your only ad choice will be Goolge! Since another ad provider (?) may be "annoying or intrusive"; Yes I`m just kidding, But google is far too POWERFUL anyway.
No, they'll only block ads that don't follow the guidelines defined by the Coalition for Better Ads [0] (Google is a member, but there is a lot of other members, like Facebook, ...). Note that this may include ads provided by Google. [0] : https://www.betterads.org/
It is either naive or cynical to insist that a giant unaccountable organization will or won't do anything in particular with respect to its core business.