Google took a page out of the Apple playbook.
Fuck you it is, open source is the safest. Security via obscurity is NOT safe. Just ask the lockpicking community
Oh but won’t you think of the poor multi-billion web giant that needs to serve you ads, scams, and adware products to make that green line go up while it steals everyone’s data?
I don’t think Google “taking a page” out of the Apple playbook is quite the right analogy. It’s more like both companies were reading the same book to begin with—tight control over a market means you can extract more value out of it without needing to worry about competition.
Ads aren’t safe, period.
Yes! Even damn FBI recommends using Ad Blocker https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/fbi-recommends-ad-blocker-online-scams-b1048998.html
