On: Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome o...

[rdsubhas]

Will it be using static whitelist files (and will they be updated separately, or as part of the browser update)?

Because the last thing (in addition to non-competitive behavior and a host of other things) is to send all browsing traffic/history to google services to validate if its an ad or not.

[user5994461 → rdsubhas]

All the browser have lists of websites that are automatically updated periodically in the background.

To give a non controversial example, there is a list of "phishing and malware domains". It's been going on for a very long time.

[kodablah → user5994461]

I don't think it's completely fair to compare "Safe Browsing Lists" to ad blocking. While I agree and don't like that Google is a gatekeeper of those, it's sparingly used in my experience. Lists like these would require much more maintenance and oversight. I suppose you could say it is similar in how the lists might be updated, which IIRC is via an "extension"-like updating mechanism via crx update files.