It's not unprecedented, they did that when Google+ launched too.
Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome://newtab
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#32Stop using Chrome
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#33I woke up to ads in my new tab page in Firefox yesterday; sponsored links to Amazon and Nike.
Browsers don't seem to serve users anymore. They, like everything else, are mostly ad delivery mechanisms.
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#34I see the ad, and I'm not amused. I would be more at ease if the line said "You know what? We need money after all this browser-making. Give us yours and we will let you go on with your day."
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#35I woke up to ads in my new tab page in Firefox yesterday; sponsored links to Amazon and Nike. Browsers don't seem to serve users anymore. They, like everything else, are mostly ad delivery mechanisms.
Annoying, yes. But you can turn them off in the settings page.
Re: Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome://newtab
#36I woke up to ads in my new tab page in Firefox yesterday; sponsored links to Amazon and Nike. Browsers don't seem to serve users anymore. They, like everything else, are mostly ad delivery mechanisms.
Annoying, yes. But you can turn them off in the settings page.
You can, but it's not about that. Ads don't belong in browser UI, full stop.
Re: Google has added ads on both its search page and Chrome://newtab
#37I woke up to ads in my new tab page in Firefox yesterday; sponsored links to Amazon and Nike. Browsers don't seem to serve users anymore. They, like everything else, are mostly ad delivery mechanisms.
Funny you say that, I just opened Safari, no ads.
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#38Don’t equate precedent with morals.
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#39They are changing their natural listing results to be multi media photos and video content will be prioritised on search results, it is going to be released in America first this month I believe They are also seeing the results will be far more varied and scrolling down will likely give you a result that you are looking for, and the traditional way of looking with the top result, being the one that you wanted may not…
I hope this means that all the SEO bullshit will move to videos and the textual web will become usable again.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
If this harms their business then why would they keep doing it
Say you're a decision-maker at Google (or Any Large Corp). You have a KPI to increase revenue by 5% this year. If you hit this KPI, then you get a bonus. If you get the bonus, then you can afford the thing that your partner has been wanting forever (or that will make your neighbours jealous, or whatever), and you get a happy life. You know that doing X will harm the company in the long term (defined as anything past…
And it's turtles all the way down. Every single incentive and system is optimized for some goal like periodic revenue increase. It's not one personality type and the desire to buy a new car, it's the intentional structure of a public corporation. We have high minded ideas about sustainability and corporate citizenship, but those views don't drive decisions in the bear market.