@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-24 days agoGoogle's iOS app now injects advertisements for Google Search on third-party websites9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1200arrow-down13 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1197arrow-down1external-linkGoogle's iOS app now injects advertisements for Google Search on third-party websites9to5google.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-24 days agomessage-square16fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink41•4 days ago Google introduced a new AdSense ad format earlier this year that works similarly, turning text on the webpage into an ad that opens in Google Search. Weren’t these super common scam websites a decade ago?
minus-squareplz1linkEnglish11•3 days agoYes but the difference is they were opting their readers in. Now Google is hijacking content without consent if the site owner.
minus-square@douglasg14blink2•3 days agoYep, but now that you have monopolies doing it, they can do whatever they want and abuse their position.
Weren’t these super common scam websites a decade ago?
Yes but the difference is they were opting their readers in. Now Google is hijacking content without consent if the site owner.
Yep, but now that you have monopolies doing it, they can do whatever they want and abuse their position.