Why is AdGuard not on Google Play?
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AdGuard for Android is a powerful app that blocks ads and protects your privacy. But why it's not available on the Google Play Store? Read on to find out.

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

  • DeadNinja
    1•9 months ago

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

    • @[email protected]English
      2•8 months ago

      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…

      /e spelling