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		sjs382 on Sept 4, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome? Google's code is bsd-licensed. So while you might never have ad-blocking in Chrome, you can keep it in a derivative all you like ;)

davidw on Sept 5, 2008 [–]

And this strategy works out really well, too. 99% of people, the kind who will actually click on the ads, will just download Google's version and be happy. Hackers will switch to the ad-block-enabled version without any problems, and they wouldn't have clicked on the ads in any case.

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