[gergles]

I really think whoever approves these to go on the Google blog needs to cut the Newspeak titles of these announcements, as it seems like they are almost always saying the exact opposite of the title in the article.

Nerfing adblockers does not "improve security and privacy for extension users" in any meaningful way, and it is, IMO, a revealing glimpse at the attitude Google has if they think it actually does.

[Reelin]

The article's subtitle is also amazing.

> No, Chrome isn’t killing ad blockers -- we’re making them safer

Lately I'm skeptical of anything purporting to be "secure" or "safe" due to the prevalence of such doublespeak. More often than not these products or "improvements" are secured against the user instead of in their favor.

If Google actually cared about the safety of non-technical users, they would ban (or prominently flag) extensions that use the "dangerous" APIs from the centralized distribution channels that they control, similar to what they do with Google Play for Android.