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Re:Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser by Arnt on Thursday April 20, 2017 @03:18AM (#14154603)
Google's an ad company, and ad companies are doing bad things, enough so that there's a backlash. So it makes sense for Google to deploy bad-stuff-blocking in Chrome and then reconfigure its own ad business to not be affected. Those who don't adapt are killed by the backlash, but that's hardly Google's fault.

A concrete example: Chrome is in a position to block those who use canvas/webgl fingerprinting for user tracking, and Google's ad business can avoid being blocked by not doing that.

Re:Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser by Arnt on Thursday April 20, 2017 @06:39AM (#14155504)
And indeed: "ad formats such as pop-ups, auto-playing video ads with sound and “prestitial” ads with countdown timers are deemed to be “beneath a threshold of consumer acceptability.”"
Re:Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser by throwaway91111 on Thursday April 20, 2017 @10:46AM (#14157098)
Stopping fingerprinting is virtually impossible.