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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/06/2026

Google has been looking to kill ad-blocking for a decade, and now they're on the verge of making it happen in Chrome, the dominant web browser they use to reinforce their search monopoly: protonprivacy.substack.com/p/google-is-... 28/

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Google is finally killing uBlock Origin in Chrome for good

The conflict of interest couldn't be more obvious

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/06/2026

Google long ago did away with ad-blocking on mobile devices (reverse engineering an app is a felony, which means an app is just a web-page skinned with the right kind of IP to make it a crime to protect your privacy while you use it). 29/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/06/2026

Part of Google's argument for killing ad-blocking for the web is that this puts the web on an even footing with apps - which is a very weird way to describe a race to the absolute *bottom*: pluralistic.net/2026/06/12/c... 30/

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Pluralistic: Google’s new remote attestation scheme is every bit as terrible as its old remote attestation scheme (12 Jun 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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