GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 month agoGoogle's iOS app now injects advertisements for Google Search on third-party websites9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1219arrow-down12
arrow-up1217arrow-down1external-linkGoogle's iOS app now injects advertisements for Google Search on third-party websites9to5google.comGravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareLojcs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up45·1 month 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-up12·1 month 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-up4·30 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-up3·29 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.
Yeah but this is different.
Yeah, you don’t get a game :(
Exactly!
Yep, but now that you have monopolies doing it, they can do whatever they want and abuse their position.