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Re:Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser by SquareWheel on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @11:03PM (#14153589)
You're being downvoted, but I'd actually agree. My guess is this idea originated from the Chrome team in an effort to improve the browsing experience.

Google rarely makes unilateral decisions from the top down to product teams. They mostly operate independently.

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Re:Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser by iainmerrick on Thursday April 20, 2017 @12:38AM (#14154008)
Google rarely makes unilateral decisions from the top down to product teams.

Apart from shutting them down.

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Re:Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser by runeks on Thursday April 20, 2017 @01:20AM (#14154166)
To be fair, relying on product teams to shut themselves down, in case they've hit a dead-end, probably wouldn't work.
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Re:Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser by TillE on Thursday April 20, 2017 @07:27AM (#14155724)
Actually, why not? It's not like the employees get fired. You generally know when you're working on a crappy product.
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Re:Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser by atsaloli on Thursday April 20, 2017 @07:50AM (#14155816)
Google Reader was a fantastically useful product for me. Not "crappy" at all.
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Re:Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser by toyg on Thursday April 20, 2017 @09:21AM (#14156355)
That's the point parent is making: the Reader team probably wouldn't have opted for shutting down, and they would have been right.
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Re:Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser by phasmantistes on Thursday April 20, 2017 @03:54PM (#14160236)
The reader team didn't exist (and hadn't for years) at the time the decision was made to shut it down.
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Re:Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser by HappyTypist on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @11:40PM (#14153744)
That's true, but every Googler knows how much of their pay check and RSUs come from ad revenue.
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