I think the effects of this are being overblown. I’m perfectly happy running uBlock Origin everywhere, and that’s unlikely to change any time soon. Heck, I don’t even use Chrome as my primary browser on any device anymore. There’s multiple high quality browsers available on most platforms, so if you’re unhappy with one browser you can just switch to another that matches your requirements.
The existence of alternatives does nothing for publishers if people don’t use them. Which empirically they don’t. The Chrome integration means if your ads don’t get the blessing of the Coalition for Better Ads then your ad revenue just got cut in half.
Just to piggy back on this comment - my company (which manufactures a product) only advertises through Facebook and Google. We have partnerships with other businesses and stuff, but I don’t think that falls into the realm of “buying ad space”.
I think the effects of this are being overblown. I’m perfectly happy running uBlock Origin everywhere, and that’s unlikely to change any time soon. Heck, I don’t even use Chrome as my primary browser on any device anymore. There’s multiple high quality browsers available on most platforms, so if you’re unhappy with one browser you can just switch to another that matches your requirements.
The existence of alternatives does nothing for publishers if people don’t use them. Which empirically they don’t. The Chrome integration means if your ads don’t get the blessing of the Coalition for Better Ads then your ad revenue just got cut in half.
Maybe if your service can’t sustain itself without scummy ads then people don’t value it as much as you think.
Here is the unabridged list of common Chrome users, the fiftyish percenters, who care about ad oligopolies and privacy:
(Now it might not seem like an overblown effect… Think of how huge Chrome is and how insanely huge the FB- and Google-driven ad space is.)
Just to piggy back on this comment - my company (which manufactures a product) only advertises through Facebook and Google. We have partnerships with other businesses and stuff, but I don’t think that falls into the realm of “buying ad space”.