Ad-blocking is an essential experience for many people. Bad advertising can ruin experiences, especially while browsing the web, playing games, and watching video content. Of course, there’s a ...

Not every robocall-blocking app is an offender, but even if the one you use doesn't share or sell your data under the table, it probably still collects it. (Many apps rely on a crowdsourced ...

Ad-blocking is controversial, which is why Google has removed specific ad-blocking apps from the Play Store. Google’s business model is built on ads, so the issue goes beyond the relative ...

It also began disabling videos for users with an ad blocking extension enabled. But now, YouTube says its policies don’t allow “third-party apps to turn off ads because that prevents the ...

Following the ad blocker crackdown, YouTube is explicitly going after third-party — often mobile — apps that let viewers skip advertising. YouTube announced today that it is “strengthening ...

Users in search of ad-blocking apps on Google Play won't have any luck as of today. Google has reportedly launched a campaign to remove apps that interfere with advertising from its app store.

Rahman notes that apps do not have to take an all-or-nothing approach to integrity checking. Rather than block installation entirely, apps could call on the API only during sensitive actions ...

The Fortnite and Unreal Engine developer argues that features like Samsung Galaxy's Auto Blocker, which blocks "unknown" apps, is helping Google keep its dominant spot as the app store for Android ...