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It's a bit surreal that an advertising based company's browser will now block annoying ads by default while the privacy focused Mozilla corporation's browser is still not implementing any kind of built-in ad blocking.
[1]https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/01/23/latest-firefox-quan...
Google's incentives here are still antithetical to my own, so I'm going to stick with uBlock. For example, on Google search, ads masquerade as legitimate search results. These used to be highlighted in light yellow, clearly marking them as different from organic search results. Now, they only have the word "Ad" in light grey text. This notice is on the right, intentionally where it will be overlooked when reading thr…
Remember when Google claimed that paid inclusion was one of the worst sins a search engine could commit? One so bad that it made it claim other search engines were evil?
This is a good thing. Advertising is one of the most effective ways companies have to let people know about their products - I'd say they're essential in free market economies. But having ads is one thing and completely disrupting the user experience is another. Finding a balance is a better approach than blocking all ads.
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Google uses EasyList and EasyPrivacy which includes AdSense, DoubleClick, Analytics, and other Google properties. Read the article.
I read the article but it doesn't clarify whether or not Google will hardcode a "whitelist" that will ignore EasyList entries for AdSense, DoubleClick, GoogleAnalytics, etc. A comparable situation would be Windows 10 ignoring users' manually edited HOSTS file that attempts to block telemetry.[1] Microsoft has hardcoded hostname-to-ip resolution inside the networking stack (inside dnsapi.dll). If Google decides that C…
It's funny how Microsoft under Satya Nadella is heralded for opening up (embracing[0] open source, open standards, recognizing other platforms).
[0] I only noticed the irony a few seconds after writing that.
[1] Unless I failed to find the relevant rules.
It sounds like Google is using it's Monopoly position to control the ad space. Microsft used these tatics to get like 90+% marketshare before the government stepped in.chrome is open source it shouldn't be too hard to modify the code so it block Google ads too. I publish a browser which is a modified version of chrome which block ads. The issue is a lot of sites now detect this and tell you to disable it. They seem t…
Go re-read the article. It blocks google ads too already.
Will this work on the mobile versions of Chrome as well (Android, iOS, etc)? For iOS in particular, there doesn't seem to be any officially supported way to block ads.
It's a bit surreal that an advertising based company's browser will now block annoying ads by default while the privacy focused Mozilla corporation's browser is still not implementing any kind of built-in ad blocking.
Latest Firefox Quantum release available with faster, always-on privacy with opt-in Tracking Protection and new features[1]- 23 jan 2018 [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/01/23/latest-firefox-quan...