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
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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If they think Adblock should be forbidden because it changes source code, then this is hypocrisy
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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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The screenshot:
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For some reason this is a link to a discussion board that contains the actual link.
Here is the source: https://9to5google.com/2024/11/25/google-ios-app-link-annotations-search/
Shame yourself @OP
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Changed it, thx!
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Interesting. I can’t imagine putting google stuff on my iPhone, though. I went iOS forever ago to get away from Google, I definitely wouldn’t put their spyware on my phone.