> Now, we’ll extract interesting information from Google Knowledge Graph entities and highlight them in line. When the user clicks on the highlighted entity, it will open the app tray, so you can easily find out more information, right when curiosity strikes. This new experience allows people to quickly get additional context about people, places or things.
These aren't ads as in what is served through AdWords.
soraminazuki 5 hours ago [-]
So this is a small taste of what's coming if Chrome dominance gets more worse than it is today. All the more reason to support and promote independent browsers.
Jyaif 4 hours ago [-]
This feature is basically just a shortcut to copy paste text in the app.
I actually wouldn't mind having this in my mobile browser, assuming it works well.
soraminazuki 3 hours ago [-]
This is nothing at all like copy and paste. It's a MITM attack. With copy and paste, the user is in control. With this attack, only Google is in control. Not the user, not even the website owner, but an ad company.
The plain fact is that Google is injecting its own content at its own discretion while disguising it to make it look like it's the website owner that did it. What would you think if I randomly injected my own promotional content in your HN comments in a way that's indistinguishable from your own writing? A few, if any, people on this site might not mind, but the overwhelming majority will.
handfuloflight 17 minutes ago [-]
> With this attack, only Google is in control. Not the user, not even the website owner, but an ad company.
> What would you think if I randomly injected my own promotional content in your HN comments in a way that's indistinguishable from your own writing?
Through what vector, the Unofficial Hacker News for iOS app that you maintain? Because that's the correct analogy here.
Also stating 'promotional content' is being disingenuous to the type of Google content states it will surface through these links, see my other comment on this thread.
I'm not in support of what Google is doing but I think we should be fair in our assessment and especially in our presentation of our assessment to others.
Jyaif 2 hours ago [-]
When you think about it, the goal of browsers is to MITM the data in order to present it in a way that is helpful to the users.
> What would you think if I randomly injected my own promotional content in your HN comments in a way that's indistinguishable from your own writing
It's a simplification, but in short if you create a bad browser, people
won't use it.
barryvan 3 hours ago [-]
Not quite, though. It's a shortcut to copy-and-paste text into a _Google_ app. For example, this wouldn't let you use Apple Maps or TripAdvisor or whatever other system you may prefer, instead funnelling you into Google's ecosystem. It's an attempt to bypass competitors hidden under by a façade of convenience.
Jyaif 2 hours ago [-]
I was careful to say "into _the_ app".
That being said I agree, if there's one criticism that is valid it's that this app should allow you to choose your providers.
Anybody knows if it already does?
6 hours ago [-]
Rendered at 10:47:49 GMT+0000 (UTC) with Wasmer Edge.
> Now, we’ll extract interesting information from Google Knowledge Graph entities and highlight them in line. When the user clicks on the highlighted entity, it will open the app tray, so you can easily find out more information, right when curiosity strikes. This new experience allows people to quickly get additional context about people, places or things.
These aren't ads as in what is served through AdWords.
I actually wouldn't mind having this in my mobile browser, assuming it works well.
The plain fact is that Google is injecting its own content at its own discretion while disguising it to make it look like it's the website owner that did it. What would you think if I randomly injected my own promotional content in your HN comments in a way that's indistinguishable from your own writing? A few, if any, people on this site might not mind, but the overwhelming majority will.
You, as a website owner, can opt out via: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1h9I0TbN-H_1e85CqXYb1ng7rQfg...
> What would you think if I randomly injected my own promotional content in your HN comments in a way that's indistinguishable from your own writing?
Through what vector, the Unofficial Hacker News for iOS app that you maintain? Because that's the correct analogy here.
Also stating 'promotional content' is being disingenuous to the type of Google content states it will surface through these links, see my other comment on this thread.
I'm not in support of what Google is doing but I think we should be fair in our assessment and especially in our presentation of our assessment to others.
> What would you think if I randomly injected my own promotional content in your HN comments in a way that's indistinguishable from your own writing
It's a simplification, but in short if you create a bad browser, people won't use it.
That being said I agree, if there's one criticism that is valid it's that this app should allow you to choose your providers. Anybody knows if it already does?