How do adblocking extensions are still happily surviving on the Chrome webstore when they could hurt profits of Google themselves?

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By adblocking extensions I mean browser extensions that block ads from loading/showing up, and also, to certain extents, tracking analytics, which should be a large part of Google’s business model.

And companies like those have the reputation to restrict third-party options that affect their profits.

Are attracting/keeping the Chrome’s userbase more important ?

Are there “rules” preventing such behaviors ?

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Ad blockers are like an antibiotic, eventually adds with get resistant, and evolve, which might be good or bad in the end
Google cares more about you using their browser and selling your data to businesses probably? After all have you seen their targeted suggestions and news? If you let google know all you search and look at it they end knowing you more than you know yourself.

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