I hope the ad blockers completely abandon Chrome when this change gets pushed through, rather than attempting to work around it.
Google is using a slow-frog-boil approach to re-desensitize their users to ads, and it's working. The only thing that will work here is a big splash of cold water to the face.
Maybe Chrome losing all of its ad-blockers overnight will finally start making a dent.
Unfortunately the owners of the most popular adblocker have successfully created a revenue generating business out of adblocking and aren't about to abandon Chrome.
Google is using a slow-frog-boil approach to re-desensitize their users to ads, and it's working. The only thing that will work here is a big splash of cold water to the face.
Maybe Chrome losing all of its ad-blockers overnight will finally start making a dent.