Re:Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser
by syrrim on Thursday April 20, 2017 @01:59AM
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They can't be trying to do that, because it would be blatantly anti-competitive, as their lawyers would tell them. They might let google ads through, but if so they will let through other ad companies as well. The EU would have some choice words for them if they didn't.
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Re:Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser
by josefx on Thursday April 20, 2017 @05:03AM
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> The EU would have some choice words for them if they didn't.
Which will take years and the fine will be a pitance of the profit. Microsoft got away with anti-competitive behavior several times in the past and they came out better than before. Google can use the time to try to kill of any competition before anyone will stop it, get a slap on the wrist and it will be back to business as usual.
Re:Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser
by michaelt on Thursday April 20, 2017 @03:22AM
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I agree it sounds like it /ought/ to be anti-competitive - but for years they've got away with Gmail's inscrutable spam-blocking system giving reduced deliverability to non-gmail senders.