Microsoft’s Edge browser is getting built-in ad blocking

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Microsoft Edge represents the future of web browsing on Windows, and it's a future that apparently makes ad blocking easy. A workshop at Microsoft's Build conference this week titled "What's Next for Microsoft's New Browser" included a slide showing built-in ad blocking is scheduled to launch with the next version of Edge. The slide was spotted byZDNet, and follows a clear trend in the tech world of making ad blocking easier. We've contacted Microsoft to try and confirm the company's plans.

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/31/11336416/edge-ad-blocking-microsoft-browser

 

[Calamari]

The article has been updated to state that they are not incorporate built-in ad blocking based on a tweet from a Microsoft employee. If any browser is going to do this it won't be edge or chrome.

 

[built]

The article has been updated to state that they are not incorporate built-in ad blocking based on a tweet from a Microsoft employee. If any browser is going to do this it won't be edge or chrome.

Thanks for the info, hadn't checked it out yet

 

[Philip J. Fry]

LOL. I was about to say "WOW, M$ built a browser that has built in ad blocking for Bing Ads. That's so Microsoft!"

 

[contract]

Would be pointless for any browser.

Publishers/media companies would start blocking users by browser type.

Then no one would want to use that browser since all their favorite sites block it.

Then there's all the damage to the reputation, with droves of publishers going ape shit blogging and tweet fucking about it.

It would be interesting to see the lawsuits that form since they are technically altering your site without your permission.