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I think Google is setting itself up for antitrust action. Isn’t this essentially what Microsoft did on the desktop by blocking competitors and priorritizing the

• mtgx 9y ago
  Google may have pushed for this, but the standards were agreed upon by the ad industry: https://marketingland.com/industry-groups-self-regulatory-program-coalition-for-better-ads-226109 https://marketingland.com/industry-groups-self-regulatory-pr...
  • jacquesm 9y ago
    The standards should be set by independent consumer watchdogs or the competent (one would hope) authorities, depending on the industry to self regulate has not worked in over 25 years, I see no reason why it would magically start to work now.
    • mastax 9y ago
      The ad industry had no means or incentive to self regulate. That has changed. The incentive is ad blockers. The means is "Coalition for Better Ads." Can't trust them to fight against tracking. Can't trust them to eliminate malvertising. Can't trust them to unblock your website in a timely manner or give good feedback about what is wrong with it. Can expect them to keep obnoxious use of advertising down to stop the whole industry from collapsing.