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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 9 hours ago

Google's iOS app now injects advertisements for Google Search on third-party websites

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Google's iOS app now injects advertisements for Google Search on third-party websites

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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 9 hours ago

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Fresh off the news that Google search is a monopoly, they are now using their iOS browser to add links to Google Search on any website visited.

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Google introduced a new AdSense ad format earlier this year that works similarly, turning text on the webpage into an ad that opens in Google Search.

Weren’t these super common scam websites a decade ago?

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