Google added AdNauseam ad blocker to malware list
Google removed the AdNauseam ad blocker (the name comes from the Latin Ad nauseam ) from the Chrome Web Store directory and added it to the malware list, making it impossible to use previously installed instances of this extension, including manually installed in developer mode.
AdNauseam is a uBlock-Origin fork distributed under the GPLv3 license (code: github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam ). It is distinguished from the original by the fact that AdNauseam not only hides ads, but also simulates a click on each ad unit in order to mislead the mechanisms for tracking users' interests used in ad networks.
According to the developers, Google formulated the reason for the deletion as follows: “The extension should have one purpose and it should be obvious). Here is just a description of the application clearly and clearly describes this functionality, and the source code of the application are in free (GPL) access. So this is only a contrived cause, and the reason lies in the fact that this extension is directly contrary to the interests of Google, or rather its advertising division.
An attempt was made to play with the terminology in order to make the description as unambiguous as possible, but this is unlikely to lead to any changes in the position of Google. In fact, Google clearly shows users that it reserves the right to delete (not only from the Chrome Web Store, but also from the browser itself) any application that is inconvenient for their business model, regardless of the violation of formal rules by this application.
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The position of the developers can be found at the link: adnauseam.io/free-adnauseam.html
AdNauseam is a uBlock-Origin fork distributed under the GPLv3 license (code: github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam ). It is distinguished from the original by the fact that AdNauseam not only hides ads, but also simulates a click on each ad unit in order to mislead the mechanisms for tracking users' interests used in ad networks.
According to the developers, Google formulated the reason for the deletion as follows: “The extension should have one purpose and it should be obvious). Here is just a description of the application clearly and clearly describes this functionality, and the source code of the application are in free (GPL) access. So this is only a contrived cause, and the reason lies in the fact that this extension is directly contrary to the interests of Google, or rather its advertising division.
An attempt was made to play with the terminology in order to make the description as unambiguous as possible, but this is unlikely to lead to any changes in the position of Google. In fact, Google clearly shows users that it reserves the right to delete (not only from the Chrome Web Store, but also from the browser itself) any application that is inconvenient for their business model, regardless of the violation of formal rules by this application.
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The position of the developers can be found at the link: adnauseam.io/free-adnauseam.html
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/370043/
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