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Google Says Ad Blockers Will Save Online Ads
azoblue writes "Google — the world's largest online ad broker — sees no reason to worry about the addition of ad-blocking extensions to its Chrome browser. Online advertisers will ensure their ads aren't too annoying, the company says, and netizens will ultimately realize that online advertising is a good thing."
I already pay my ISP for my browsing experience - I have a bunch of websites that I can maintain advert free because I work for a living. If others have to rely on their advertising models to stay afloat, that's not my problem. The internet will still be here adverts or not.
Why, Google, thank you for your straight faced propaganda serving no one but yourselves, once again.
What Google is really saying is that the cost of blocked ads is less than the cost of less browser market share because of snubbing Firefox users who want their ad blocking plugins. It would be hard to put a figure on that, but it is all about taking away the things that prevent a bigger market share, not only by getting the users actually using ad block software, but the whole mind share of Firefox and users and that it is the only cool thing. And that mind share thought Chrome was crippled. The cost of not getting enough marketshare might be huge considering their plans with Chrome OS and all.
A decade ago Google also was willing to pay to get more market share, by paying for clicks to their site. Once they had enough market share, they stopped doing that.
I'm just saying..