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Re: Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

#101

Note that Adblock isn't Adblock Plus: AdBlock is not to be confused with Adblock Plus. The creator of AdBlock claims to have been inspired by the Adblock Plus extension for Firefox, which is itself based on another extension called Adblock. But otherwise AdBlock is unrelated to the other efforts. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdBlock ] No alarm here for ABP users. (Like me).

Except that they started allowing ads a while back and companies can pay ABP to have their ads allowed.

https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads

https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads-agreements

Re: Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

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post #88
post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As mentioned elsewhere in this discussion AdBlock is not Adblock Plus. The second link you posted is for the Adblock Plus source code. Unfortunately at the moment the AdBlock Git repository is not public, but I have set up this unofficial one that tracks the changes between each zip published on their releases page. https://github.com/kzar/watchadblock Specifically if you want to see what they've changed so far have…

Well the first two links in the article are to AdBlock Plus, that's why I was confused.

Sure, it is all pretty confusing to be honest.

Re: Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

#103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Can't recommend it enough" is what you meant to say, I want to believe.

I think GP meant it as a compliment, and a synonym of your phrase. > Can't recommend it more. "I'm physically incapable of recommending it more often/strongly because I'm using my full strength to recommend it already" > Can't recommend it enough "I'm physically incapable of recommending it as frequently/strongly as it deserves because I have exhausted my strength in so doing"

> Can't recommend it anymore

would be positive or negative?

Re: Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

#104
post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ABP also introduced an Acceptable Ads option a few years ago that triggered the creation of a fork called AdBlock Edge without that option. Adblock Edge was recently discontinued in favor of uBlock Origin [1], which has a much smaller memory footprint and is faster. [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

uBlock origin is bigger (js wise) than both AdBlock and AdBlock plus and uBlock, comparison: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/msT3z9naIEkfKFjrj2G3G67moS...

Regardless, uBlock results in more performant web browsing.

Re: Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

#105
post #2

I've always wondered what happens if a browser extension gets taken over by an entity someday that puts in bad code after millions of people have it installed and it gets auto-updated. Sure it's open-source and will get noticed eventually, but there will be days if not weeks of exposure. Same thing for all those android apps you have installed. If it doesn't add permissions, you'll never get a warning that something…

This is one reason why Google should stop asking you to update all software automatically (and they are asking you, what seems like, multiple times a day?).

Re: Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

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post #25

Note that Adblock isn't Adblock Plus: AdBlock is not to be confused with Adblock Plus. The creator of AdBlock claims to have been inspired by the Adblock Plus extension for Firefox, which is itself based on another extension called Adblock. But otherwise AdBlock is unrelated to the other efforts. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdBlock ] No alarm here for ABP users. (Like me).

Okay this is why we have registered trademarks. You're telling me that Adblock, Adblock Plus, and AdBlock are three separate things? What the hell? I just assumed they were all the same thing until now.

TM are not automatic (unlike copyright at least in USA since 1978 Copyright Act) and they are fairly expensive and require vigilance (more $$$) to keep valid.

Re: Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

#107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think GP meant it as a compliment, and a synonym of your phrase. > Can't recommend it more. "I'm physically incapable of recommending it more often/strongly because I'm using my full strength to recommend it already" > Can't recommend it enough "I'm physically incapable of recommending it as frequently/strongly as it deserves because I have exhausted my strength in so doing"

> Can't recommend it anymore would be positive or negative?

Point taken. There is definitely some ambiguity about your phrase, and GGP's phrase, but in-context I think it was clearly a compliment. :)

Re: Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

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post #25

Note that Adblock isn't Adblock Plus: AdBlock is not to be confused with Adblock Plus. The creator of AdBlock claims to have been inspired by the Adblock Plus extension for Firefox, which is itself based on another extension called Adblock. But otherwise AdBlock is unrelated to the other efforts. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdBlock ] No alarm here for ABP users. (Like me).

Okay this is why we have registered trademarks. You're telling me that Adblock, Adblock Plus, and AdBlock are three separate things? What the hell? I just assumed they were all the same thing until now.

Adblock would not be a trademarkable name anyway. It's a generic term that describes what the product is.

Re: Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

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post #51
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That was my first thought as well. This has to be either a consortium of advertisers or a single big player.

My thought would be Doubleclick^WGoogle^WAlphabet.

... or Cheetah Mobile [1] perhaps?

[1] http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/08/29/popular-photo-galler...

Re: Adblock Sold to Mystery Company

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post #9

To anyone who is concerned by this change, I recommend taking a look at μBlock Origin [1,2]. It's blazingly fast, very flexible, and under active development. I made the switch about a year ago and it has served me very well. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock [2] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa...

Do ublock has a mode/plugin that enable me to select objects on a HTML page for custom blocking? For adblock I use Element Hiding Helper which I use rather often.
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