[url=http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/14/adblock-plus-secret-takedown/]Adblock Plus founder: Google used Reader outcry to hide our Google Play takedown[/url]
Since Google makes tons of money off of ads, it "makes sense" that they wouldn't want to encourage users of their products/services to have tools to block those income-producing ads.
So far, this is limited to Android devices, but I could see Google attempting to render Chrome less capable of blocking ads. IMO, it's probably just a matter of time.
So much for "don't be evil", eh?
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Google isn't a non-profit organization, so even though I don't like these ads smothering my videos etc, I can relate that if we block them all, there will be no Google. A lot of people make it seem like it is a right to have no ads on these websites. The only thing I find creepy is targeted ads. >.> <.<