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I joked to a friend that if Google invented a time machine, the first thing they would do is travel back to remove the extension support in Chrome before it was
by tszming 10y ago
I joked to a friend that if Google invented a time machine, the first thing they would do is travel back to remove the extension support in Chrome before it was launched - the ad blockers.
- nolok 10y agoChrome didn't support the proper method for ad blockers at launch (it could hide content but not stop the requests, if I remember it well), and they purposely added those in months after launch, clearly for the benefit of adblocking extensions writers who where complaining. So, I don't think so.
- userbinator 10y agoGoogle is a big company; I'm pretty sure not everyone there is against adblocking. Or perhaps they managed to sneak request blocking past those who were against adblocking by advocating a different use-case --- "reader mode" comes to mind.
- tszming 10y agoYes until the managements find out the they are losing Billions due to the ad blocking. IMO, not bring extension support on Chrome Android is the same reason.