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minus-squareNanook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up212arrow-down5·4 days agoGoogle is not an IT company. It’s an advertising company. Surprised Pikachu, it blocks ad blockers.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·4 days agoIt’s been an ad company for a long time, though, and blocking ad blockers is new.
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·4 days agoBecause they are at the end of their growth phase and have entered their squeeze until dead phase.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoYes, but enshittification doesn’t happen all at once. And this is a textbook example of the actual meaning of enshittification.
minus-squareNanook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-24 days agoYeah it’s always been an ad company. And you are correct, blocking apps is new, welcome to the last stage in the ad-blocking arms race. Glad I degoogled my digital life a decade ago.
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.
Because they are at the end of their growth phase and have entered their squeeze until dead phase.
Yes, but enshittification doesn’t happen all at once. And this is a textbook example of the actual meaning of enshittification.
Yeah it’s always been an ad company. And you are correct, blocking apps is new, welcome to the last stage in the ad-blocking arms race. Glad I degoogled my digital life a decade ago.