Google's iOS app now injects links on third-party websites that go back to Search
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A new feature of the Google app on iOS injects links that go back to Google Search on third-party websites unless publishers opt out.
  • Lojcs@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    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?

    • plz1@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Yes but the difference is they were opting their readers in. Now Google is hijacking content without consent if the site owner.

    • stink@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I remember downloading Age_of_Empires_FREE_CRACKED.exe and having 30 new toolbars and half of the content on every website highlighted.

    • douglasg14b@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Yep, but now that you have monopolies doing it, they can do whatever they want and abuse their position.