Comment by freedomben
5 days ago
> They are also prepared to seek a requirement that Google share more information with advertisers and give them more control over where their ads appear.
I don't think Google are fully clean in all this by any stretch, but for all the people saying that Google is just privacy-violating data junkies, did you catch that aspect of the DOJ statement?? The DOJ wants the advertisers to have MORE information (about us). That makes me sick.
I definitely glossed over this line. This line of thinking makes me worried that someone in the upcoming government will get the "good" idea of trying to ban adblockers.
Antitrust leads to weird outcomes in markets where all the players are anti-consumer. (advertising, antivirus, car dealers, etc.)