Google's Chrome to Include Ad Blocker?
Google made me do a doubletake when I saw a headline saying they were going to incorporate an ad blocker in Chrome next year. Wha-wha-what???!!! They’re kidding! Right? One of the computer world’s premier browsers is going to incorporate its own ad blocker?
You betchya! And good on them! I’m hoping they go directly after the sites that permit pop-ups, pop-overs and pop-whatevers, but it probably won’t reach as far as I would like to see it go. I hate to go to a site that is loaded with bad script, auto-start videos (youtube.com and other video related sites excused), and when they start with the pop-over stuff – I’m looking for the nearest exit.
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