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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?
'''which will allow blogs and other website operators to pick out so-called “acceptable” ads and place them on their pages. If a visitor using Adblock Plus comes to the page, they’ll be shown those “acceptable ads,” instead of whatever ads the site would normally run.'''
https://acceptableads.com/en/ for anyone who was looking for it
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Use uBlock Origin, not uBlock.
What the diff?
Extensions: Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa... Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin... Opera: https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/ublock/ Microsoft Edge: https://github.com/nikrolls/uBlock-Edge#microsoft-edge
Adblock needs an adblocker. An adblock-blocker, if you will.
We started blocking ads because they had become 1. obnoxious, interfering with the fruition of the actual content; 2. dangerous, being a vector for malware and disrespecting our privacy; and 3. costly, for those with a slow or metered connection.
Most people accept ads, if they are acceptable.
They are the first company to actually push through with a plan to restore this market to sanity, so it's only natural they would take a small profit from it. Other well-known technology companies grab well into the two digit percent off other people's earnings.