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Not a Googler, but hell no I don't think this will happen. It would turn into an enormous PR disaster.
by frou_dh 3y ago
Not a Googler, but hell no I don't think this will happen. It would turn into an enormous PR disaster.
- izzydata 3y agoI agree. A large number of people would be prevented from doing things with their phones and their email that are required for every day life now. They would upset a lot of people that would be forced to find alternatives to Google and likely never return.
- brucethemoose2 3y agoI don't think Google cares about that. The bigger problem would be encouraging the use of YouTube when logged out, or from a smurf account. ...But Google still probably doesn't care. I suspect the population of YouTube adblockers is big enough for them to care about the lost revenue, but not a big enough fraction of the general population to create PR issues or to lose revenue from smurfing.
- HWR_14 3y agoDidn't Google try that already for their real name policy back in the day?
- gorbachev 3y agoThey're too big to care. How many people would actually stop using them due to the backlash? On Google's scale, it wouldn't even show on their usage stats. Additionally they have bigger PR disasters than that happening practically every week. The only reason Google would care was if such a move caused a $1B+ sanction from a Government somewhere on the planet. AdBlocker use is not a legally protected right, so there are no sanctions coming.