GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 day agoGoogle's iOS app now injects advertisements for Google Search on third-party websites9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGoogle's iOS app now injects advertisements for Google Search on third-party websites9to5google.comGravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareLojcs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day 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-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 hours agoYep, but now that you have monopolies doing it, they can do whatever they want and abuse their position.
minus-squarestink@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 hours agoI remember downloading Age_of_Empires_FREE_CRACKED.exe and having 30 new toolbars and half of the content on every website highlighted.
minus-squareplz1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoYes but the difference is they were opting their readers in. Now Google is hijacking content without consent if the site owner.
Weren’t these super common scam websites a decade ago?
Yep, but now that you have monopolies doing it, they can do whatever they want and abuse their position.
I remember downloading Age_of_Empires_FREE_CRACKED.exe and having 30 new toolbars and half of the content on every website highlighted.
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Yeah, you don’t get a game :(
Yes but the difference is they were opting their readers in. Now Google is hijacking content without consent if the site owner.