Ask HN: Is this the first time Google has run ads in Chrome Browser?

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15 years ago

Today I started noticing this when I opened up a new Tab in Google Chrome:

http://i.imgur.com/LotyD.png

There is an ad for their Chrome Notebooks. I don't mind the Chrome Notebook, and I certainly don't mind Google placing ads in their services like Gmail, Search and so on.

However I find it a little different when they place ads within the context of application specific pages.

They built the browser, I got it for free. I understand that. However I find this very unnerving, distasteful, and down-right cheap.

Is this common and I've only just noticed it?

(Seeing it on Chrome 5.0.874.120 and 5.0.874.121 on OSX, but not 17.0.945.0 canary and 17.0.946.0 canary)

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