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Nah, the GP probably just forgot that it's polite to disclose that they're a googler working on ads. I've personally been hit by malicious ad(s) at work. Defin
by hermitdev 3y ago
Nah, the GP probably just forgot that it's polite to disclose that they're a googler working on ads.
I've personally been hit by malicious ad(s) at work. Definitely embarrassing as an engineer, especially when I wasn't looking at anything work-inappropriate (it's been ages, don't recall what I was looking for).
Google can spin this however they like, but this is blatantly anti-consumer behavior only enabled by their monopoly position. The FTC should already be investigating over this, but, alas, they seem distracted by other issues.
I've not tried Firefox in years, but this will likely be the catalyst to me switching. I assume Edge follow will follow suit (and I've no reason to see why they won't since it's chromium based).
- yogthos 3y agoI've switched to Firefox a couple of years ago because I was increasingly uncomfortable with Chrome effectively becoming the new IE, and honestly I find it works just as well in vast majority of cases. Now that Chrome is starting to become overtly hostile to users, I'm very glad I made the jump already.
- averageRoyalty 3y agoI have never worked at Google or in any company with ad driven revenue. I have no vested interest. I'm not sure why I need to be to think that the web is not "unsafe and unusable" without an adblocker.
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