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Is 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
by teknopaul 4y ago
Is 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.