Google's iOS app now injects advertisements for Google Search on third-party websites
Google's iOS app now injects advertisements for Google Search on third-party websites
9to5google.com Google's iOS app now injects links on third-party websites that go back to Search
A new feature of the Google app on iOS injects links that go back to Google Search on third-party websites unless publishers opt out.
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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?
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Yes but the difference is they were opting their readers in. Now Google is hijacking content without consent if the site owner.
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Yep, but now that you have monopolies doing it, they can do whatever they want and abuse their position.
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