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>>neelc+(OP)
Somehow I am not convinced that Ad blockers are such big of a problem for Google. Especially when these are not used much on Mobil, and the world is clearly transitioning to Mobil.

Do we know the financial impact ad blockers are thought to have?

I’m guessing ad fraud is a way bigger problem, although some would argue that add fraud is not googles problem, it still hurts Google.

Maybe it’s also a third thing I just can’t think of right now, ad blocks just seem to niche to me. How about just enforcing a stronger monopoly on user tracking?

>>rand84+js
Google is an advertising company. That's their bread and butter, everything else largely serves to boost that business unit. Blocking ad blockers, alternate clients..etc, is absolutely in line with their business goals of serving more ads.

And also, frankly, I don't really frakking care if their purpose is to prevent ad fraud. That's not my problem, why should I be the one paying for Google to make more money from a problem they created themselves in the first place. As far as I'm concerned, if Google really wants to prevent ad fraud, they can just stop doing advertising; Problem solved.