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Replace the word "ads" with "popups" in your comment and you would be making an argument for a return to a horrible era.
by abtinf 9y ago
Replace the word "ads" with "popups" in your comment and you would be making an argument for a return to a horrible era.
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- cm2187 9y agoIn fact this "ad blocker" is more of a popup and auto play blocker. It doesn't really mean to block ads. And worse than that, it does nothing to block or even reduce the tracking of users. In fact I haven't seen a single new feature in Chrome that would make tracking more difficult. Rather the contrary.
- flyingfences 9y ago> it does nothing to block or even reduce the tracking of users. In fact I haven't seen a single new feature in Chrome that would make tracking more difficult. Of course not. Google makes their money through ads; they wouldn't do anything that would hurt their money-making abilities.
- inimino 9y agoPopups and popunders were due to a browser feature (window.open) which was open to horrible abuse, and browsers were right to make this feature more restricted over time. Browsers fixing their own UI mistakes and browsers setting and enforcing rules for content are two entirely different things.