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Why would Google want to block its own ads?

Apr 20, 2017
The Wall Street Journal is reporting, according to unnamed sources, that Google plans to introduce an ad-blocking feature on its Chrome web browser. Yes, that Google. The one that makes a lot of money selling those ads. So why would it want to make it easier for users to escape them? Click the audio player […]

Facebook blocks the ad blockers

Aug 10, 2016
Why the social network is making it harder for ad blockers to work on its site
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