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Is there any risk of google escalating to banning accounts for adblocking? (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I remember there was a bug (or intended behavior?) of people getting their accounts banned for certain kinds of mundane chat messages in live streams and I'm a little spooked that the same will happen with the recent escalation in the adblocking arms race.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I guess there's a chance but i think the backlash would be massive. People's entire lives are on google

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

I read a post-cyberpunk novel a few years back called Moxyland. If you evaded arrest they didn't put a warrant out. They just rescinded all your permissions and deactivated your phone. Then you either turned yourself in, or starved to death because there was no way to interact with society without your phone.