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Re:Chrome's next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower ex... by emodendroket on Saturday December 02, 2023 @03:26AM (#38496998)
Porn is legal but you can't out a porn app in the Chrome or Google Play store. No rule says they have to allow everything legal.
Re:Chrome's next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower ex... by diffeomorphism on Saturday December 02, 2023 @03:38AM (#38497071)
Not sure about the second part. Considering they have a dominant market position/gatekeeper/whatever, they probably have to actually make an argument for "why not" in the case of tracking blockers (age restricted content is another discussion entirely).

Otherwise, abusing dominance in the phone app store market to benefit their (also dominant) ad surveillance business sounds very, very much like something the DMA could and should punish.

Re:Chrome's next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower ex... by kelnos on Saturday December 02, 2023 @03:43AM (#38497099)
If Google had their own porn app in the Chrome or Play stores, but banned all other porn apps, I guarantee they'd lose quite a few anti-trust related lawsuits, and quickly.
Re:Chrome's next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower ex... by croes on Saturday December 02, 2023 @04:31AM (#38497335)
Porn isn't legal for minors and Chrome extensions store doesn't have an age check.