Don't know why it's so surprising. Google has had ads for Pixel phones right below the search box. I remember Stadia ads that showed up there too. The newtab o

Don't know why it's so surprising. Google has had ads for Pixel phones right below the search box. I remember Stadia ads that showed up there too. The newtab on Chrome is not even considered a web page so you can see those ads that show up there as a part of Chrome which is not so surprising either