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Not to be a naysayer, but why would anyone use this browser given that Adblock Plus is paid [1] by Google/Microsoft/Amazon etc to NOT block their ads? [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboo...
I've been testing a number of Android ad blockers. Mainly because I feel like every single app under the sun is plastered with obnoxious advertisements. Tried out AdBlockPlus (not the browser) for a month - horrible experience. They actually firehose/stream all of the data your phone uses through their app to block the ads, so for that month my data usage doubled because most major US carriers consider "app data" as…
I have to ask though, what do you mean by "app data"? Do cell carriers really have a way to figure out that apps are sending out the data, or is it just charging more for websites and such?
Not to be a naysayer, but why would anyone use this browser given that Adblock Plus is paid [1] by Google/Microsoft/Amazon etc to NOT block their ads? [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboo...
Because we understand that having a revenue model leads to software that is maintained and developed more actively, and that taking money to do so does not mean the authors suddenly forget about their goals?
This needs a huge citation. uBlock Origin is revenue free (as far as I know) and is well-maintained and arguably far better than ABP.
Anyway, most of the work is done by the maintainers of the block lists (including the community), not the software that translates those lists.
I've been testing a number of Android ad blockers. Mainly because I feel like every single app under the sun is plastered with obnoxious advertisements. Tried out AdBlockPlus (not the browser) for a month - horrible experience. They actually firehose/stream all of the data your phone uses through their app to block the ads, so for that month my data usage doubled because most major US carriers consider "app data" as…
Are you saying that they sent all your data to their backend servers and stripped ads there?
Or is it just that they were doing it client side, but your phone company erroneously double counted data even though it wasn't sent twice over the wireless?
Not to be a naysayer, but why would anyone use this browser given that Adblock Plus is paid [1] by Google/Microsoft/Amazon etc to NOT block their ads? [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboo...
A lot of people will say that they don't mind ads that are quiet, targeted and relevant. It's popups for viagra that they don't want. Hell, even those that are correctly targeted by the ads end up being scammed. The extension should really more be called "malware blocker" or something like this, since they are not really against ads.
https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads-agreements#payment
I've been testing a number of Android ad blockers. Mainly because I feel like every single app under the sun is plastered with obnoxious advertisements. Tried out AdBlockPlus (not the browser) for a month - horrible experience. They actually firehose/stream all of the data your phone uses through their app to block the ads, so for that month my data usage doubled because most major US carriers consider "app data" as…
Now I just root my devices and use a hosts file (MoaAB - Mother of all Ad Blocking).
I've been testing a number of Android ad blockers. Mainly because I feel like every single app under the sun is plastered with obnoxious advertisements. Tried out AdBlockPlus (not the browser) for a month - horrible experience. They actually firehose/stream all of the data your phone uses through their app to block the ads, so for that month my data usage doubled because most major US carriers consider "app data" as…
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A lot of people will say that they don't mind ads that are quiet, targeted and relevant. It's popups for viagra that they don't want. Hell, even those that are correctly targeted by the ads end up being scammed. The extension should really more be called "malware blocker" or something like this, since they are not really against ads.
It sounds good in theory, but large websites cannot be added to the whitelist without paying. This implies to me that revenue is higher on ABP's priority list than encouraging "good" ads. If ABP really wanted to make the biggest impact they would actively encourage the largest websites to get whitelisted. https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads-agreements#payment
The link you provided does not actually say that. It simply implies that a payment might be required.