Why there aren't ad blocking apps on Google Play (adguard.com)
from rikudou@lemmings.world to privacy@lemmy.ca on 05 Sep 2023 23:11
https://lemmings.world/post/945356

The article is AdGuard centric but it sheds light on the whole process where Google suddenly decided to ban ad blockers.

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corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca on 06 Sep 2023 05:57 next collapse

The article seems to gloss over the WHY part, and is really focus on the WHAA part.

DeadNinja@lemmy.world on 12 Sep 2023 21:50 collapse

Google is fundamentally an Ad-company - so promoting ad-blockers is bad for their revenue.

Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca on 07 Oct 2023 21:08 collapse

Not promoting them is one thing; but as the primary distributor of android apps, outright blocking them is absurd.

“you’re not allowed to access my competitors” - google.

Especially when ad networks are leveraged to distribute malware.

Their current anti-trust lawsuit comes to mind…

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