> Why can't they just ban adblockers from the Chrome Web Store? The answer is legal antitrust lawsuits. Chrome has a near monopoly and Google is the largest ad

> Why can't they just ban adblockers from the Chrome Web Store? The answer is legal antitrust lawsuits. Chrome has a near monopoly and Google is the largest advertising actor, banning ad blocking altogether risks giving ammunition to the inevitable antitrust lawsuits. What they prefer to do instead is degrade their effectiveness step by step, it's way less risky for them.