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Wow that is ballsy. 90s Bill would be proud.
by dokem 4y ago
Wow that is ballsy. 90s Bill would be proud.
- teknopaul 4y agoIs it legal? Isn't injecting stuff into other people's websites protected in some way? It's a nasty precedent. One stop of browsers banning you from access to competitors websites.
- dokem 4y agoI think the only legal issues is from an anti-competetive angle which the courts would have to settle. I don't think they are violating any sort of computer crime laws. It definitely feels slimy, though.
- vanviegen 4y agoNet neutrality? Trademark infringement?
- qingdao99 4y agoWorst case scenario, they could just move the banner to be "within the browser's GUI" (while still seeming to extend over the page) rather than actually in the page and that issue would go away.
- notpushkin 4y agoI think it's already this way right now. Look at the scrollbar height on the screenshot in the article.
- joenathanone 4y agoI would imagine the antitrust judgement would have given them pause in implementing something like this but here we are...
- heisenbit 4y agoListening in to what users do is the way to earn their trust and if they don't get it by themselves what could be better than telling them straight away.