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minus-squareNanook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·1 month agoGoogle is not an IT company. It’s an advertising company. Surprised Pikachu, it blocks ad blockers.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoIt’s been an ad company for a long time, though, and blocking ad blockers is new.
minus-squareNanook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYeah you are correct, welcome to the last stage in a the ad-blocking arms race. Glad I degoogled my digital life a decade ago.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoYes, but enshittification doesn’t happen all at once. And this is a textbook example of the actual meaning of enshittification.
Google is not an IT company. It’s an advertising company. Surprised Pikachu, it blocks ad blockers.
It’s been an ad company for a long time, though, and blocking ad blockers is new.
Yeah you are correct, welcome to the last stage in a the ad-blocking arms race. Glad I degoogled my digital life a decade ago.
Yes, but enshittification doesn’t happen all at once. And this is a textbook example of the actual meaning of enshittification.