@GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • edit-24 months agoGoogle's iOS app now injects advertisements for Google Search on third-party websites9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square18arrow-up1218arrow-down12
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minus-square@Lojcs@lemm.eelinkfedilink45•4 months 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-squareplz1linkfedilinkEnglish12•4 months agoYes but the difference is they were opting their readers in. Now Google is hijacking content without consent if the site owner.
minus-square@stink@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agoI remember downloading Age_of_Empires_FREE_CRACKED.exe and having 30 new toolbars and half of the content on every website highlighted.
minus-square@douglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•4 months 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.
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Yeah, you don’t get a game :(
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Yep, but now that you have monopolies doing it, they can do whatever they want and abuse their position.