Munin, Keeper of LoreApr 20, 2017

Chrome to implement an adblocker

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/04/report-google-will-add-an-ad-blocker-to-all-versions-of-chrome-web-browser/

Kind of a dilution of the term, though - what they're essentially doing here is blocking -other- people's ads that are "below the standard" - e.g. the ads that cause most people to install adblockers - while leaving their own alone.

Show threadMunin, Keeper of LoreApr 20, 2017

What this amounts to is a play by google to try to stop the increasing share of browsers that block all ads, including theirs.

It's a smart play on their part, to preserve part of the market at the expense of getting rid of the chunk their competitors use.

Show threadGoatithroApr 20, 2017
@munin this seems like it would but run aloft of anti-competitive laws/reg
Show threadMunin, Keeper of Lore
@Goatithro Flagrantly, but good luck enforcing it - especially with the current set of jackasses.
Apr 20, 2017 at 4:12amWeb
Show threadGoatithroApr 20, 2017
@munin i can see the EU stepping in if someone files a complaint