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Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads

#31

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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?

It might be helpful to think of them both as open source projects (though it's slightly murkier) where there have been forks and drama in both codebases.

Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads

#32
I hate Adblock Plus, but this doesnt sound too bad

'''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.'''

Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads

#35
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Use uBlock Origin, not uBlock.

What the diff?

uBlock was maintained by one person, but they wanted to move on to other projects, so they handed the project to someone else. The other person horribly mismanaged the project, and contributed essentially nothing. The original developer decided to return with uBlock origin.

Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads

#36
uBlock Origin it is!

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

Re: Adblock Plus now sells ads

#40
I, for one, agree with them.

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.

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