Google's iOS app now injects links on third-party websites that go back to Search
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A new feature of the Google app on iOS injects links that go back to Google Search on third-party websites unless publishers opt out.
  • Lojcs@lemm.ee
    20·
    6 hours ago

    Google introduced a new AdSense ad format earlier this year that works similarly, turning text on the webpage into an ad that opens in Google Search.

    Weren’t these super common scam websites a decade ago?

    • plz1@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      Yes but the difference is they were opting their readers in. Now Google is hijacking content without consent if the site owner.