Update: A Google spokesperson provided the following statement: “We remove apps from Google Play that violate our policies.”įaida also claims the Play Store ban is the third in a “string of actions” Google has taken against AdBlock - indicating that Google has been hunting for ways to squeeze ad blocking apps out of its marketplace since late last year. We’ve reached out to Google for a response, and will update this story with any comment. We even encourage advertising that is done appropriately and conforms to an Acceptable Ads policy, which is debated and decided in an open public forum.” “I realize that advertising revenue is important to Google, but understand that AdBlock Plus does not automatically block all ads we simply allow users the choice whether to block ads or whitelist them. People should be really alarmed by this move,” said Till Faida, co-founder of Adblock Plus in the statement. “By unilaterally removing these apps, Google is stepping all over the checks and balances that make the Internet democratic. Now one of the removed apps, AdBlock Plus, has hit back publicly at what it dubs a “unilateral move by Google”, putting out a statement slamming Mountain View for threatening consumer choice.
Yesterday Google began removing ad-blocking apps from its Play Store on the grounds that they violate part of its Developer Distribution Agreement.
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