Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on February 15

Re:Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on Febru... by fortythirteen on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @09:35AM (#15969809)

> Their goals are not really anti-competitive

One could make the argument that by putting a web browser in Windows, Microsoft was only providing a common service to their default OS. The problem here is that Google makes almost all its revenue from the very medium that they are now actively blocking from other providers.

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Re:Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on Febru... by saas_co_de on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @10:44AM (#15970494)

The point I am making is that they are not doing this to freeze out competitors. They have already won. They don't have any meaningful competition to worry about. The threat is ad blocking and alternative browsers.

That doesn't change the anticompetitive nature of their behavior but it does explain the motivation.

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Re:Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on Febru... by mrguyorama on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @03:58PM (#15973751)

Then I'm really glad sane anti-compete and trust-busting laws wouldn't care about the motivation.

This is using large scale marketshare in one market to effect a tangible and monetary benefit in another market.

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