Google has been at odds with ad-blocking software for several years, banning ad-blockers from its Play Store in early 2016. Google has attempted other ways to ensure that users see commercials, such as last year’s ban of Android VPN apps that didn’t use the VPN service API and the takedown of YouTube Vanced. The company has also been working on the third version of its Manifest API, which could prevent privacy tools such as uBlock Origin from working.
