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Google tries to defend its Web Environment Integrity (techreport.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I'm happy to see this being noticed more and more. Google wants to destroy the open web, so it's a lot at stake.

Google basically says "Trust us". What a joke.

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[–] blazera@kbin.social 99 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The fraud-fighting project has fired up quite a controversy

fraud-fighting? Even Google's initial pitch was explicitly describing it as a way to sell more ads.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 15 points 1 year ago

I wish they'd have grown a pair and outright said "we're forbidding ad blockers in Chrome, come at us". I bet there'd be less controversy. This WEI thing just makes them look like sniveling weasels.

[–] AdventureSpoon@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

From their point of view, blocking ads probably equals fraud.