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Re:Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on Febru... by scrollaway on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @07:47AM (#15969066)
> Frankly this seems to be another excuse to build a walled garden

???

How do you make the leap there? Adblocking = walled garden? Are you just picking a random buzzword?

Edit: Do the people replying to me understand the meaning of a "walled garden"?

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Re:Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on Febru... by rootlocus on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @08:53AM (#15969455)
From wikipedia:

> A closed platform, walled garden or closed ecosystem[1][2] is a software system where the carrier or service provider has control over applications, content, and media, and restricts convenient access to non-approved applications or content.

Surely you can see how google having control over which ads get through and which don't fits this definition.

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Re:Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on Febru... by gaius on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @07:58AM (#15969120)
They want to be the sole ad provider, is what that means
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Re:Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on Febru... by visarga on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @10:02AM (#15970075)
All of the sudden Mozilla is more relevant.
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Re:Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on Febru... by manigandham on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @07:58AM (#15969123)
Block competitors ad networks/formats while leaving their own...
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