In an unusual move, Google has removed ad-blocking and privacy extension app AdNauseam from the Chrome Web Store, and flagged it as malware so it cannot be installed in developer mode. It conducted another purge in early 2016, banning stand-alone ad blocking apps like Adblock Fast and Crystal. The move comes after a report that said the company had been using its own ad blockers to block ads on websites like YouTube and Gmail. The team behind AdNauseam has submitted another version of the software to the Chrome Web Store, in the hope that it proves more acceptable.
In an unusual move, Google has removed ad-blocking and privacy extension app AdNauseam from the Chrome Web Store, and flagged it as malware so it cannot be installed in developer mode. The move comes after a report that said the company had been using its own ad blockers to block ads on websites like YouTube and Gmail. The team behind AdNauseam has submitted another version of the software to the Chrome Web Store, in the hope that it proves more acceptable.