But in this case I align with their decision. I don't mind websites that have advertisements as long as they aren't intrusive, and my privacy is maintained. If those demands were met on all of the sites I frequent I would uninstall my ad-blocker
Agreed, Google is unlikely to stop trying to track it's users; it's too profitable.
On the other hand, privacy is more about choosing what you share than not sharing things, and imo Google does an okay job at letting users control what they share; better than most companies operating at that scale. And while their privacy controls are not very fine grained, there seems to be an emphasis on making sure even non-technical users understand what is being shared and why.
In this instance it's a great step in the right direction. On the other hand Google uses the "do as I say not as I do" model when it's convenient for them to do so.
Full page ad interstitials on mobile will get you banned from AdSense, but Google also offer their own full page ad interstitials on mobile within AdSense. So long as it's them disrupting the UX its fine.
Not advocating for ads just notice the discrepancies in policy.
