Re:Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Sto...
by vjvjvjvjghv on Monday August 31, 2026 @10:21PM
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How do you figure out what is a malicious ad? That seems really difficult at scale.
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Re:Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Sto...
by wredcoll on Monday August 31, 2026 @10:36PM
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If you're asking socially, you don't, that's the benefit of writing laws instead of programs.
If you're asking technically, well, google made over 400 billion dollars last year, they can spend some of that to figure it out.
Or stop serving ads. Just because it's difficult to do safely doesn't mean you get to just do it anyways because there's profit involved.
Re:Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Sto...
by avereveard on Monday August 31, 2026 @10:41PM
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You start with the obvious cases of sending you to a domain that serves malware, sure there will be instance of fraud that will slip trough, but lets not let best be the enemy of good
Re:Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Sto...
by Symbiote on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @01:45AM
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"At scale" sounds like an assumption that costs must decrease as income increases.
That's not required. Google could employ proportionality as many people reviewing what they advertise as, say, National Geographic Magazine.
Re:Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Sto...
by enoint on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @05:06AM
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Right. They don’t need to get caught at scale.
Re:Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Sto...
by breakingcups on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @04:53AM
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Do the words "at scale" magically remove all responsibility and reliability?
Re:Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Sto...
by thereforegrin on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @11:16AM
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apparently