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If adblocking becomes a serious problem for Google, they can (and will) block the relevant extensions in Chrome. Also, mobile chrome (increasingly dominant wor

If adblocking becomes a serious problem for Google, they can (and will) block the relevant extensions in Chrome. Also, mobile chrome (increasingly dominant worldwide) doesn't, and won't, have adblocking. Yes, I'm ignoring numerically insignificant installs like rooted hosts redirects, firefox mobile, opera, etc. Those aren't going to impact revenue.

mwfunk 11y ago
That's also not good for them, because it grants a potentially huge advantage to their competitors who do support adblocking. That may or may not be a long term big deal, but it's a risk.
patmcc 11y ago
That's an excellent way to get people to switch away from Chrome. I love Chrome, use it all the time, but if I can't have any adblocking? No thanks.
- simula67 11y ago
  Do you use Firefox over Chrome mobile ?
  - eru 11y ago
    I do.
  - makomk 11y ago
    Firefox's mobile version is kind of crap. It's one of the few places where they could do with copying Chrome a bit more than they currently are.
- thomasz 11y ago
  They could just use an js adblock blocker like wired&co. Sure, there are ways around that, but thats way too much trouble for the average user
  - farresito 11y ago
    Aren't there extensions that block scripts that check whether you have an ad blocker or not? Ad blockers could have those by default if the problem became too big.
jfoster 11y ago
Exactly. The main "real" concern would be iOS. Even that can be handled, though.
- LoSboccacc 11y ago
  There are sites I just can't go on mobile because iOS web view doesn't support purify and they have a form of ad that steals the current page - as in, not a popup or popunder, the whole page gets redirected and original link is lost, you can't even going back because the redirect stack they drive your browser trough is too deep. It's usually the mobsweet network.
rdtsc 11y ago
What can they do for Firefox then? I am already using, not because of ads, just because I like it better. But imagine as soon as they do something like peole will immediately switch their browsers.

mwfunk 11y ago

That's also not good for them, because it grants a potentially huge advantage to their competitors who do support adblocking. That may or may not be a long term big deal, but it's a risk.

patmcc 11y ago

That's an excellent way to get people to switch away from Chrome. I love Chrome, use it all the time, but if I can't have any adblocking? No thanks.

simula67 11y ago
Do you use Firefox over Chrome mobile ?
- eru 11y ago
  I do.
- makomk 11y ago
  Firefox's mobile version is kind of crap. It's one of the few places where they could do with copying Chrome a bit more than they currently are.
thomasz 11y ago
They could just use an js adblock blocker like wired&co. Sure, there are ways around that, but thats way too much trouble for the average user
- farresito 11y ago
  Aren't there extensions that block scripts that check whether you have an ad blocker or not? Ad blockers could have those by default if the problem became too big.

jfoster 11y ago

Exactly. The main "real" concern would be iOS. Even that can be handled, though.

LoSboccacc 11y ago
There are sites I just can't go on mobile because iOS web view doesn't support purify and they have a form of ad that steals the current page - as in, not a popup or popunder, the whole page gets redirected and original link is lost, you can't even going back because the redirect stack they drive your browser trough is too deep. It's usually the mobsweet network.

rdtsc 11y ago

What can they do for Firefox then? I am already using, not because of ads, just because I like it better. But imagine as soon as they do something like peole will immediately switch their browsers.