Adblock Plus now sells ads • Hacker News Board

Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads

#21

Post by Nursie » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 12:43 PM UTC

JustSomeNobody wrote: post #11

Why don't more people use hosts files and apps like gas mask to switch them?

Element hiding, selective re-enablement and the like.

Not that the hosts file thing is wrong, it's a bit of a sledgehammer approach though.

Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads

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Post by barbs » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 12:43 PM UTC

Ninn wrote: post #6

ptero wrote: post #3

I hope their ads are small unobtrusive and easy to detect , so that another ad blocker can easily remove them :)

I'm not sure that I understand how exactly you imagine 2 AdBlockers being a good idea? Just use a proper one.

I think his comment was intentionally tongue-in-cheek

Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads

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Post by gallerdude » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 12:45 PM UTC

It's pretty despicable - let's block everyone elses ads so that we can put up our own and make money from them instead.

Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads

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Post by zx2c4 » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 12:49 PM UTC

libeclipse wrote: post #8

dexwiz wrote: post #2

Adblock Plus sold out a long time ago. I switched to uBlock about a year ago, and haven't looked back.

Note the difference between μBlock and μBlock Origins.

Use uBlock Origin, not uBlock.

Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads

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Post by rschuetzler » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 12:50 PM UTC

joelthelion wrote: post #10

Zekio wrote: post #9

Really should change the name something else at this point

Change Adblock Plus to simply AdPlus

AdBlock Plus Ads

Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads

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Post by Aardwolf » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 12:50 PM UTC

kobayashi wrote: post #14

libeclipse wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Note the difference between μBlock and μBlock Origins.

They've both dropped the mu have are now just uBlock/uBlock Origin

This is so confusing, why do ad blockers do that?

For adblock, there is "adblock" and "adblock plus"

For uBlock, there is "uBlock" and "uBlock Origin"

Are there similarities between both those cases?

Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads

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Post by segmondy » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 12:50 PM UTC

JustSomeNobody wrote: post #11

Why don't more people use hosts files and apps like gas mask to switch them?

Been there done that, too much work.

Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads

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Post by happy-go-lucky » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 12:50 PM UTC

joelthelion wrote: post #10

Zekio wrote: post #9

Really should change the name something else at this point

Change Adblock Plus to simply AdPlus

Ad++ :)

Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads

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Post by WireWrap » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 12:53 PM UTC

ptero wrote: post #3

I hope their ads are small unobtrusive and easy to detect , so that another ad blocker can easily remove them :)

https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=45876

||acceptableserver.com^ and might as well ||combotag.com^

Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads

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Post by oneweekwonder » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 12:53 PM UTC

zx2c4 wrote: post #24

libeclipse wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Note the difference between μBlock and μBlock Origins.

Use uBlock Origin, not uBlock.

What the diff?