Re:Microsoft is now injecting full-size ads on Chrome website
by cm2187 on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @04:52PM
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Maybe, but google will create a modal that will overlay the website to notify me I can login to this website using google even though I am not even trying to login. Given that it is the same modal across very different websites, it has to be google being obnoxious.
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Re:Microsoft is now injecting full-size ads on Chrome website
by jackson1442 on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @04:56PM
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That's something developers explicitly enable, probably because it increases conversion.
It's bundled with the Sign in with Google SDK but defaults to off.
Re:Microsoft is now injecting full-size ads on Chrome website
by cassepipe on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @06:09PM
(#34889067)
Maybe used to be off by default? It started popping up on a third of the pages I visit recently. Don't they know that everyone hates or are annoyed by pop up?
Re:Microsoft is now injecting full-size ads on Chrome website
by Symbiote on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @07:20PM
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I started using Container Tabs on Firefox to isolate my Google account from everything else because of this.
I found it fucking creepy that random websites would say "Hi Symbiote, log in with Google" with my real name.
Re:Microsoft is now injecting full-size ads on Chrome website
by jackson1442 on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @04:24PM
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The "off by default" applies to developers, I worked with this API about a month and a half ago.
If you press the "X" button (_not_ just click off the popup) it will use an exponential backoff on your device.