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I don't see what is to be gained from doing this." However I don't understand why the blocking ability of the webRequest API – which has existed for over seven years – would be removed (as the design document proposes).
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Hill, who said he's waiting for a response from the Google software engineer overseeing this issue, said in an email to The Register: "I understand the point of a declarativeNetRequest API, and I am not against such API. Several other developers commenting on the proposed change expressed dismay, with some speculating that Google is using privacy as a pretext for putting the interests of its ad business over those of browser users. Microsoft pushes Google over the Edge, shifts browser to Chromium engine READ MORE Meanwhile, Google has bunged its own basic ad blocking into its browser.
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But uBlock Origin and uMatrix offer more extensive controls, without trying to placate publishers through ad whitelisting, and thus have a little more to lose.ĭon't forget, Google and other internet advertising networks pay Adblock Plus to whitelist their online adverts.

The basic filtering mechanism supported by Adblock Plus should still be available to some degree. The proposed changes will diminish the effectiveness of content blocking and ad blocking extensions, though they won't entirely eliminate all ad blocking. "If this (quite limited) declarativeNetRequest API ends up being the only way content blockers can accomplish their duty, this essentially means that two content blockers I have maintained for years, uBlock Origin and uMatrix, can no longer exist," said Hill. That's fine in scenarios where Google is more trustworthy than a third-party developer but if Google and its ecosystem of publishers and advertisers are the problem, then users may prefer allowing a third-party to filter network requests, even to the extent such intervention interferes with webpage functionality. Whose privacy exactly?īut "better privacy" here means privacy as defined by Google rather than privacy defined by a third-party extension developer.

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In the report, you'll learn about any issues found with your site and how to address them."The declarativeNetRequest API provides better privacy to users because extensions can't actually read the network requests made on the user's behalf," Google's API documentation explains. If ads are being removed from a site that you own, visit the Ad Experience Report. The standards discourage the types of ads that are particularly annoying to people. Stop Chrome from blocking ads on your siteĬhrome removes ads from websites that violate the Better Ads Standards.
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