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Re:Alphabet slides 5% after missing earnings expectations on... by Steko on Thursday April 21, 2016 @06:53PM (#11545902)
Google would have no problem forcing ads into the main SERP hose if it came to Microsoft or Apple blocking by default.
Re:Alphabet slides 5% after missing earnings expectations on... by adventured on Thursday April 21, 2016 @07:35PM (#11546075)
Any attempt to do that, would result in two likely outcomes:

1) It would create a bad product, according to Google's own prior statements on the matter.

2) It would encourage government authorities to look even closer at potential abuses toward consumers (ie what kind of consumer harm is occurring, if any, when a monopoly search provider prevents attempts by consumers to use ad blockers; that would have to be resolved legally). European authorities would likely pounce on such a move immediately, looking for any opening by mistake to go after the company, given how they've handled Google thus far.

Re:Alphabet slides 5% after missing earnings expectations on... by patrickaljord on Thursday April 21, 2016 @08:34PM (#11546314)
Yeah but the alternative would be losing all their revenues.