Re:Chrome 60 Beta
by Kiro on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @06:12PM
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I can only speak for certain jurisdictions but apart from the reasons you mention it was a requirement from the Gambling Commission where I worked. In reality the casino found its ways to circumvent this for the whales though but that's a different topic.
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Re:Chrome 60 Beta
by ganeshkrishnan on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @08:16PM
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And this exactly is my point. Google's main business is selling ads, why would it start blocking ads in it's flagship browser?
it's going to start banning all ads except google ads.
It's never that direct.
They would probably publish some policy what is an acceptable ad and what isn't, and let the others self-regulate. For them, the ability to finger-point ("it's only your fault that you are not compliant with the blocking policy") is very important.