Google suddenly removes Samsung-supported ad blocking app from Play Store

Feb03

by Sindy Cator on February 3, 2016 at 3:47 pm

Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

It’s no secret that Google makes money off advertising, and it’s had issues in the past with Android apps that blocked advertising. Now, just days after Samsung announced that it was adding an official ad blocking API for its Internet browser, Google has pulled the first ad blocking app from the store. Adblock Fast was Samsung’s launch partner for the new feature, but its app was pulled with little explanation today after it racked up more than 50,000 downloads and had appeared on the top charts. Brian Kennish, developer at Rocketship Apps, the company behind Adblock Fast, said that Google sent…