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This type of decision has fully cemented that Google is an advertising company. Every decision they make is to benefit advertisers regardless of how it affects

This type of decision has fully cemented that Google is an advertising company. Every decision they make is to benefit advertisers regardless of how it affects users and developers.

ridiculous_fish 4y ago
How does this decision benefit advertisers? Honest question.
- JohnFen 4y ago
  It greatly restricts how effective ad blockers can be.
  - TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
    Proxy extensions are not the same as adblockers.
    - hakfoo 4y ago
      Maybe the entire Manifest V3 concept is "Gish Gallop" applied to software design. Create so much of a bag of questionable features that people are just trying to keep up with the nonsense, and hopefully it keeps us divided and unable to actually able to mount a solid response to their (not really buried) real goal, which is to stab at the ad-blocker industry. It would be interesting to consider their business values on proxies too; while on the abstract level, it dilutes tracking data quality (I don't really live inside a data centre in Stockholm?!), it might improve the value of their more broadly aggregated data (we've seen this user's fingerprint elsewhere, so we can give you a more accurate location than Geo-IP lookup does)
    - WirelessGigabit 4y ago
      It is used as such by many people, for example those who cannot install a system proxy.