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Google enables advertisers a look into your browsing history...

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Who knew that using a browser made by an ad agency would result in ads?!
shockedpikachuface.webp

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

“.webp” fucking classic, I snorted.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I dont believe google was an ad agency when they initially made chrome and for a long time following that. You cant conflate the two and say "what did you expect"

Google pulled the rug from under us on this. Albeit very slowly and super obviously.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Ads in search results was always their business model.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Adsense was made in 2003. That's when Google entered the ad industry. Chrome was released in beta in 2008. That's 5 years of being an ad agency before creating Chrome.