Microsoft puts Google on a blacklist

Microsoft provides a blacklist that the users have to install manually. This list blocks the cookies, not access to the websites themselves. And doing this through AdBlock Plus is in fact more user-friendly, so I don't get what's new about having this option, other than Microsoft making a statement (which is good, as Google does have to be more careful about privacy).

Also "the war is on"? Like really? And this is news?

I would have guessed a war was on ever since Google partnered with Mozilla, or ever since they launched Google Docs or Chrome or Android. I would have guessed a war was on ever since Microsoft created their own search engine. But noooo ... a stupid blacklist is far bigger than that.

This is sensationalist yellow junk and I'm not sure why some people upvoted it ... aren't you tired of articles like these?