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This is demonstrably not true today because Google wrote the operating system of my phone and I block all ads on it.

• jjulius 7y ago
  To your point, I was about to respond to OP as well, and point out that ad-blockers can be installed on Chrome. Then, I remembered that that's not likely to be the case in the near future[1]. https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-ad-blockers-extensions-api/ https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-ad-blockers-extens...
  • TeMPOraL 7y ago
    > and point out that ad-blockers can be installed on Chrome On desktop, yes (not for much longer). But not on Android.
    • dheera 7y ago
      FireFox on mobile can run plugins including ad-blockers. The lack of plugins on mobile Chrome is starting to become a deal-breaker for me.
      • officeplant 7y ago
        IIRC Firefox Mobile is not going to allow extensions anymore within the near future. Although finding the article that brought it up is proving difficult.
        • TeMPOraL 7y ago
          Are you thinking about their recent "new Firefox" beta that didn't include extensions? AFAIR this was because they deemed it non-essential for the MVP - but the public response quickly corrected that mistake.
          • officeplant 7y ago
            Oh sweet I'm glad they backtracked on that.