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Abandoning Google services will not work because only a negligible number of people will actually do it. Here's what may actually work:

- Make a website documenting cases like this and strongly encourage visitors to install an ad-blocker and tell friends and family and social media followers to do the same.

- Whenever there's a high-profile case like this, ask people to install an ad-blocker and share a link to this website.




> Abandoning Google services will not work

That depends on the definition of "working". Will it change Google's practices? No, but it will ensure I don't have to endure them anymore, hence "it will work" for me just fine.




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