I’m nostalgic for the day when Google was the good company. A few years before “alphabet” you could see the change coming and since “alphabet” they are worse every year.
Stories like this really make me wish there was a viable mobile OS not connected to Google or Apple either directly or by way of them being the ultimate maintainer so I could cut such things out if my life completely.
It just doesn’t sit right with me that Android is the only mobile OS that really allows me the most flexibility to avoid such things, yet it is ultimately controlled by Google.
iOS seems like getting around some of the arthritis problems in your left hand by amputating the hand out right.
Google wants even more than billions of dollars in ad revenue but can’t or won’t properly curate their ads. If you’re too big to control your content then you’re too big as a company. But I suspect they just don’t want to pay people to curate the ads.
To take it a step further, the end site that causes the ad to load should also be jointly liable. They are the entity that makes the partnership with the ad network, they are the one benefitting, and they are the one making ads a requirement to use their site. It’s the end site that pushes the requirement for the user to see ads to use their site, and so they should inherit some of the responsibility for ensuring those ads are not harmful.
if you force me to view ads to use your site, then you should be forced to vouche for the integrity of those ads.
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Sure is weird that Google wants to get rid of adblocking with its WEI spec for “security” purposes…while delivering malware via ads!
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… and attempting to kill adblockers!
I’m nostalgic for the day when Google was the good company. A few years before “alphabet” you could see the change coming and since “alphabet” they are worse every year.
They never were the “good company,” in my opinion. We were just naive and ignorant of what they were up to.
And they were trying to maintain a false veneer. Nowadays it’s mask off with them.
Phew, good thing we block all ads, etc, then.
My PiHole lost is over 7.5 million domains, it’s a beast. I love the people that make that software!!
More isnt necessarily better though
Good thing I’m blocking ads!
Stories like this really make me wish there was a viable mobile OS not connected to Google or Apple either directly or by way of them being the ultimate maintainer so I could cut such things out if my life completely.
It just doesn’t sit right with me that Android is the only mobile OS that really allows me the most flexibility to avoid such things, yet it is ultimately controlled by Google.
iOS seems like getting around some of the arthritis problems in your left hand by amputating the hand out right.
And they wonder why we block ads
It’s about time the ad hosts, like google and Facebook, are found liable for all this nonsense in a class action.
Google wants even more than billions of dollars in ad revenue but can’t or won’t properly curate their ads. If you’re too big to control your content then you’re too big as a company. But I suspect they just don’t want to pay people to curate the ads.
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Advertisers should be held liable for malware delivered on their platforms. A big reason to block ads is to prevent these types of attacks.
Can we also extend this to ads for scams? Waaay too many people have fallen for scams from Facebook ads and the like.
To take it a step further, the end site that causes the ad to load should also be jointly liable. They are the entity that makes the partnership with the ad network, they are the one benefitting, and they are the one making ads a requirement to use their site. It’s the end site that pushes the requirement for the user to see ads to use their site, and so they should inherit some of the responsibility for ensuring those ads are not harmful.
if you force me to view ads to use your site, then you should be forced to vouche for the integrity of those ads.
boy am I glad to use Firefox and uBlock Origin 😁👍