Chrome Displaying Advertisements On Dashboard Page(timflores.com) I for one am not too happy about this. What do you think HN? |
Chrome Displaying Advertisements On Dashboard Page(timflores.com) I for one am not too happy about this. What do you think HN? |
A single link to a product being designed by Google, when the product in question (a Chromebook) uses the same product (Chrome) as it's primary interface is hardly 'ZOMG! Chrome is running the ads now!!!'.
It's directly related to Chrome and Google is simply saying 'here's another way you can experience the browser you're already using that we came up with'.
http://media.tumblr.com/6d048ed2fd812e7352e7b07a8c959e80/tum... Look at it again and tell me how many "links" to Google services and products do you see?
In other news, alternatives exist and work very well if it bothers you.
Also surprised people didn't expect this. Like any company, Google ties its products together and promotes one on the other. As another example, some google websites will recommend using chrome.
Relatively annoying over time ;-)
What version of Chrome is this?
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/awesome-new-tab-pa...
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/empty-new-tab-page...
So what is the impact of advertising? We buy more things because someone has convinced us that we need them, become more likely to get into debt and save less as a result. I cannot consider this to be free in good conscience. I'm not the only one who sees it this way either -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/feb/14/ban-advertising-...
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/speed-dial-2/jpfpe...
My point is, you always pay for something. In the case of Chrome, surely you don't believe that Google has no self-interest in building Chrome?
I have an open source project. I don't advertise on it. I give it away freely and happily, knowing I gain no revenue from it.
> My point is, you always pay for something. In the case of Chrome, surely you don't believe that Google has no self-interest in building Chrome?
It's clear that they have a self interest.
What's next for that 30% growth Larry wants? What other service is he going to ruin for short term profits? At their valuation it becomes harder and harder to beat the previous year's earnings.
Google has done a lot of sleazy and illegal things for revenue so spare me the outrage
I use Speed Dial 2 as my new-tab page, so I didn't even see this.
Yeah, but they are GOOGLE Apps for Chrome. Others have Chrome apps too, no?
Both are services (Chrome's a lot more than use an executable, does sync'd data, etc), that you don't exchange money with in return for functionality.
We're talking about advertisements and the advertisement's only one one page. The scope of the actual advertisement is roughly the same as it is on HN. The fact that an advertisement in the default tab of a browser is likely to have more viewers is irrelevant.
