Why is it acceptable for Chrome to serve me ads right on my homescreen?

2 points by dazhbog 7y ago ↗ HN

I opened my browser to this today! A Nest ad right inside my browser.

https://imgur.com/gallery/NeL09au

Anyone else bothered by this? Are they testing the waters, as usual, and if there is a backlash they pretend its an internal error?

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salutonmundo 7y ago ↗

I think they try to make the "blank page" screen like a fancier google.com, which frequently has similar ads.

Switch to Firefox :D

thekyle 7y ago ↗

To be fair, Firefox also frequently displays ads for their own products (and sometimes affiliate links) on their new tab page. Maybe something like Opera would be better about that, but I don't know.

salutonmundo 7y ago ↗

And, again to be fair, you can turn those off by clicking the gear in the upper right.

(maybe you can turn the Google stuff off in Chrome, too?)

afarrell 7y ago ↗

If you want to get rid of it, the chrome plugin named Momentum is nice.

romanovcode 7y ago ↗

Empty New Tab Addon: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/empty-new-tab-page...

I use it for years now.

randomvectors 7y ago ↗

I use Blank New Tab Page on Chrome - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/blank-new-tab-page...

Originally I got it because I noticed that seeing the same few sites on the new tab page influences my browsing patterns. I suppose it also works for avoiding messages from Google.

DerekQ 7y ago ↗

Doesn't everyone know the answer to this question by now? How much have you paid for Chrome? If it's nothing, then why wouldn't they serve you ads?

ksaj 7y ago ↗

I use Markdown New Tab so my default tab is whatever I want it to be.

Currently it has links to my most common visited sites, a TODO list and some bookmarks for a subject I'm heavily absorbed in.

No ads whatsoever, and it shows whatever I need/want it to show. And of course, markdown is pretty slobberproof.