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this is not because google is your friend, this is because they want you to have less reason to use adblock.

frenchie4111 9y ago
But in this case I align with their decision. I don't mind websites that have advertisements as long as they aren't intrusive, and my privacy is maintained. If those demands were met on all of the sites I frequent I would uninstall my ad-blocker
- gruez 9y ago
  >I don't mind websites that have advertisements as long as they aren't intrusive, and my privacy is maintained It would be a cold day in hell if google stopped tracking people.
  - jm_l 9y ago
    Agreed, Google is unlikely to stop trying to track it's users; it's too profitable. On the other hand, privacy is more about choosing what you share than not sharing things, and imo Google does an okay job at letting users control what they share; better than most companies operating at that scale. And while their privacy controls are not very fine grained, there seems to be an emphasis on making sure even non-technical users understand what is being shared and why.
    - frenchie4111 9y ago
      Agreed, and I don't want them to quit using my data altogether. A lot of their best products are powered by my data (search, inbox, assistant)
    - yogenpro 9y ago
      FWIW, https://myaccount.google.com/activitycontrols https://myaccount.google.com/activitycontrols to control what data they'd use and how it's used, and http://history.google.com http://history.google.com lists the data they've collected. You can delete some or all from there.
      - throwaway2048 9y ago
        I highly doubt it and derived data are actually deleted, it merely stops you from being able to view it.
        inlined 9y ago
        That's a pretty serious claim. Do you have anything other than scepticism behind it? [Disclaimer: I work at Google. Every team I've interacted with takes this very seriously]
- ozaark 9y ago
  In this instance it's a great step in the right direction. On the other hand Google uses the "do as I say not as I do" model when it's convenient for them to do so. Full page ad interstitials on mobile will get you banned from AdSense, but Google also offer their own full page ad interstitials on mobile within AdSense. So long as it's them disrupting the UX its fine. Not advocating for ads just notice the discrepancies in policy.
bpodgursky 9y ago
Ok?
on_and_off 9y ago
Wow, do you mean that for profit companies base their decisions on profit and not on niceness ?
Rjevski 9y ago
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. I appreciate the fact that because of Google's action other sites will stop using this dark pattern. Won't stop me from blocking ads though - Google is still Google after all. It will still be nice even if you don't block ads though - I'm tired of all this garbage with I go onto someone's machine without an ad blocker, so anything they can do to make ads bearable is a huge plus even if they keep the tracking.
ori_b 9y ago
I'd love to have less reason to use adblock.

But in this case I align with their decision. I don't mind websites that have advertisements as long as they aren't intrusive, and my privacy is maintained. If those demands were met on all of the sites I frequent I would uninstall my ad-blocker

gruez 9y ago
>I don't mind websites that have advertisements as long as they aren't intrusive, and my privacy is maintained It would be a cold day in hell if google stopped tracking people.
- jm_l 9y ago
  Agreed, Google is unlikely to stop trying to track it's users; it's too profitable. On the other hand, privacy is more about choosing what you share than not sharing things, and imo Google does an okay job at letting users control what they share; better than most companies operating at that scale. And while their privacy controls are not very fine grained, there seems to be an emphasis on making sure even non-technical users understand what is being shared and why.
  - frenchie4111 9y ago
    Agreed, and I don't want them to quit using my data altogether. A lot of their best products are powered by my data (search, inbox, assistant)
  - yogenpro 9y ago
    FWIW, https://myaccount.google.com/activitycontrols https://myaccount.google.com/activitycontrols to control what data they'd use and how it's used, and http://history.google.com http://history.google.com lists the data they've collected. You can delete some or all from there.
    - throwaway2048 9y ago
      I highly doubt it and derived data are actually deleted, it merely stops you from being able to view it.
      - inlined 9y ago
        That's a pretty serious claim. Do you have anything other than scepticism behind it? [Disclaimer: I work at Google. Every team I've interacted with takes this very seriously]
ozaark 9y ago
In this instance it's a great step in the right direction. On the other hand Google uses the "do as I say not as I do" model when it's convenient for them to do so. Full page ad interstitials on mobile will get you banned from AdSense, but Google also offer their own full page ad interstitials on mobile within AdSense. So long as it's them disrupting the UX its fine. Not advocating for ads just notice the discrepancies in policy.

bpodgursky 9y ago

Ok?

on_and_off 9y ago

Wow, do you mean that for profit companies base their decisions on profit and not on niceness ?

Rjevski 9y ago

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. I appreciate the fact that because of Google's action other sites will stop using this dark pattern. Won't stop me from blocking ads though - Google is still Google after all. It will still be nice even if you don't block ads though - I'm tired of all this garbage with I go onto someone's machine without an ad blocker, so anything they can do to make ads bearable is a huge plus even if they keep the tracking.

ori_b 9y ago

I'd love to have less reason to use adblock.