GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-216 days agoGoogle's iOS app now injects advertisements for Google Search on third-party websites9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down13
arrow-up1215arrow-down1external-linkGoogle's iOS app now injects advertisements for Google Search on third-party websites9to5google.comGravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-216 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareLojcs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up45·16 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-squareplz1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·16 days agoYes but the difference is they were opting their readers in. Now Google is hijacking content without consent if the site owner.
minus-squarestink@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days agoI remember downloading Age_of_Empires_FREE_CRACKED.exe and having 30 new toolbars and half of the content on every website highlighted.
minus-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 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.
I remember downloading Age_of_Empires_FREE_CRACKED.exe and having 30 new toolbars and half of the content on every website highlighted.
Yep, but now that you have monopolies doing it, they can do whatever they want and abuse their position.