For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads

Re:For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads by bentcorner on Friday February 04, 2022 @06:58PM (#30215299)

I think the risk here is that adblocking can only grow (and maybe Manifest v3 is the only answer Google has had to that so far). As people become more frustrated with Google they either complain to their friends/family or search online for help and inevitably learn about adblocking.

Once they do that they become lost to Google forever.

Perhaps the only holdout is mobile. But otherwise ad-tech is poisoning the well for themselves.

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Re:For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads by SCLeo on Friday February 04, 2022 @07:18PM (#30215515)

Speaking of Manifest v3, I really hope all these adblock extensions secretly work together and on the day Manifest v3 is released, they all display a gigantic red-backgrounded warning on startup telling the user Google Chrome has turned evil and suggesting them switching to Firefox or some other browser.

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Re:For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads by UnFleshedOne on Friday February 04, 2022 @07:17PM (#30215495)

Adblocking works just fine on mobile too, with a few more jumps, at least on adnroid.

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