Re:Google Begins Testing Extension Manifest V3 in Chrome Canary
by zeven7 on Monday November 11, 2019 @10:04AM
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> Like searching for "iPhone" literally presented an ad for the Samsung Galaxy at the top, for a while.
That's how ads work. If Samsung pays more money than Apple to show ads to people searching for "iPhone", then people will see Samsung ads.
Re:Google Begins Testing Extension Manifest V3 in Chrome Canary
by Razengan on Monday November 11, 2019 @10:15AM
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I'm curious then; would Google list Firefox and other competing services before their own?
Re:Google Begins Testing Extension Manifest V3 in Chrome Canary
by rusk on Monday November 11, 2019 @11:07AM
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Theyd kind of have to if they were being paid to ... whether what they charge FF etc is reasonable would be the question
Re:Google Begins Testing Extension Manifest V3 in Chrome Canary
by Razengan on Monday November 11, 2019 @09:27PM
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Would this be considered acceptable if it was a large company doing it to a much smaller company?
i.e. if Samsung was shoving itself into the searches for all non-Apple phones?
I noticed this since around 3-4 years ago.
It seems to be based on region.
Quotes get ignored. Even very specific queries about X prioritize clickbait junk like "TOP 10 X!!"
I THINK they might be anti-competitive too; searching for particular Apple APIs is sometimes more miss than hit, though that might be because of Apple's own poor documentation.
However, most Apple-related searches used to show me Samsung crap, and that's definitely not benign. Like searching for "iPhone" literally presented an ad for the Samsung Galaxy at the top, for a while.