If they cared about their users then they would follow suite with Firefox, Safari, Opera, and even IE to block intrusive tracking [1]. Instead they take this anti-competitive action and increase the amount of tracking by auto-logging users into their browsers.
With their tight grip on the internet ad market, this is trundling dangerously close to anti-competitive behavior. They must feel very secure in their lobbying efforts.
As the article alluded to at the end there, this is yet another reminder that Google has way too much control. It's easy to hop on the bandwagon without reading into the implications here because almost everyone hates instrusive ads, but letting one company decide what does and doesn't get to be content on the web isn't healthy for a free internet.
On the other hand, if some people on the internet show intrusive ads while others dont, it's the people who show intrusive ads who will end up making most profit.
Google is trying to use their monopoly position to break out of that cycle.
Google's primary business is selling ads but they ad-block any website they consider "abusive"? How does that make sense? What stops them blocking all ads except Google ads?
Given the separation between chrome and ad words, I think the abusive ad could even be from google..
> How does that make sense?
Lack of regulation has led to Google erecting its own rules and Chinese walls that may or may not hold up to eventual challenges?
> What stops them blocking all ads except Google ads?
Google specifically wants to prevent its own ads on a web site marked abusive or otherwise imperfect. In general, Google is willing to forgo space to try to guarantee what brand marketers want. If some large brands stop bidding on a class of ads over any concern, Google looses a lot more value in its real estate than if it has less real estate.
move-on-by|7 years ago
[1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/11/google-chromes-users-t...
slededit|7 years ago
2-chainz|7 years ago
londons_explore|7 years ago
On one hand, users hate more intrusive ads.
On the other hand, if some people on the internet show intrusive ads while others dont, it's the people who show intrusive ads who will end up making most profit.
Google is trying to use their monopoly position to break out of that cycle.
gnulinux|7 years ago
yayana|7 years ago
> How does that make sense?
Lack of regulation has led to Google erecting its own rules and Chinese walls that may or may not hold up to eventual challenges?
> What stops them blocking all ads except Google ads?
Google specifically wants to prevent its own ads on a web site marked abusive or otherwise imperfect. In general, Google is willing to forgo space to try to guarantee what brand marketers want. If some large brands stop bidding on a class of ads over any concern, Google looses a lot more value in its real estate than if it has less real estate.
taobility|7 years ago