Don't use AdMuncher because it will slow down web surfing and increase the bandwith usage.
AdMuncher only supports HTTP 1.0 - it strips out important HTTP headers like gZip compression or keep-alive connections. 15 years ago this might have been OK, but doing this in the last 10 years is plain dumb.
Adblocking makes more sense if it is done in the browser directly, like AdblockPlus does.
After 15 years as shareware, Ad Muncher is now completely free
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Re: After 15 years as shareware, Ad Muncher is now completely free
#22I don't get blocking some ads. What does it hurt to have a basic banner add next to the story you are reading? They took the time, effort, and money to create content you want to read why block it? I understand blocking ads that take over your page but not basic ads.
Several years ago, thousands of people were infected with a virus from an ad that snuck its way onto reddit by exploiting a Java flaw. I was one of those people and I have run ad blocking software ever since.
Re: After 15 years as shareware, Ad Muncher is now completely free
#23What? 100,000 people decided it was worthwhile paying for this product, but you feel guilty about taking their money, so now it's free? This is one of the most bizarre things I've read recently!
There are a few clues in the text like "I've made a net loss running you for the last two years" and "At some point in the future, I may need to offer complimentary software products to Ad Muncher user" hinting that he thinks that bulding a bigger userbase by being free and then bundling ads into it would make more money, as paid users were no longer paying the bills.
Re: After 15 years as shareware, Ad Muncher is now completely free
#24What? 100,000 people decided it was worthwhile paying for this product, but you feel guilty about taking their money, so now it's free? This is one of the most bizarre things I've read recently!
It may be unreasonable, but I think it is pretty common. I always feel a little guilty about billing clients when I take on contract work. There are personality types that are always going to find that kind of self assertion difficult. That said, in the American business environment (and anything resembling it), it is absolutely necessary. If his reasons are what he says they are, I think he is making the wrong decision.
Re: After 15 years as shareware, Ad Muncher is now completely free
#25Zero technical info on the site, weird. But since it also filters out ads in non-browser apps, it should be some sort of proxy. Then how does it handle https'd ads? Self-signed certs and all? Perhaps dwindling supply of http resources and increasing privacy concerns are the reasons why it's "now completely free" :-/ PS. I've been Windows user since 3.11, I am very pro-privacy and I've never even heard of Ad Muncher.…
Haha, quite self-sentric, aren't we.
I've been reading sci fi books since the 1980s. I guess, by your logic, any title I haven't heard about is just bad ...
I've been using AdMuncher since 2002 or so and IMHO it's absolutely great. It's the number 1 reason I didn't switch my desktop to Linux. It's also the reason I'm using a Windows tablet (Dell Venue 11 Pro).
This is the statistics, since last I installed Windows:
Statistics for Ad Muncher v4.93.33707/5539 Adverts removed: 181,604 Bandwidth saved: 5,346 MB Counter started: June 7, 2014
I've tried AdBlockPlus and uBlock many times, but they leave way more ads than AdMuncher. One of the reasons may be that they are more popular, so advertisers put more effort in defeating them.
Re: After 15 years as shareware, Ad Muncher is now completely free
#26What? 100,000 people decided it was worthwhile paying for this product, but you feel guilty about taking their money, so now it's free? This is one of the most bizarre things I've read recently!
There are a few clues in the text like "I've made a net loss running you for the last two years" and "At some point in the future, I may need to offer complimentary software products to Ad Muncher user" hinting that he thinks that bulding a bigger userbase by being free and then bundling ads into it would make more money, as paid users were no longer paying the bills.
Bundling ads may be the wrong business model for the target audience... doubt that that's the plan.
Re: After 15 years as shareware, Ad Muncher is now completely free
#27Zero technical info on the site, weird. But since it also filters out ads in non-browser apps, it should be some sort of proxy. Then how does it handle https'd ads? Self-signed certs and all? Perhaps dwindling supply of http resources and increasing privacy concerns are the reasons why it's "now completely free" :-/ PS. I've been Windows user since 3.11, I am very pro-privacy and I've never even heard of Ad Muncher.…
Haha, quite self-sentric, aren't we. I've been reading sci fi books since the 1980s. I guess, by your logic, any title I haven't heard about is just bad ... I've been using AdMuncher since 2002 or so and IMHO it's absolutely great. It's the number 1 reason I didn't switch my desktop to Linux. It's also the reason I'm using a Windows tablet (Dell Venue 11 Pro). This is the statistics, since last I installed Windows: S…
You haven't really refuted any part of GP poster's points. There's no technical info on the site, there's no telling what kind of user data they may be taking and doing who-knows-what with it. This is solid grounds to stay away from the product.
Re: After 15 years as shareware, Ad Muncher is now completely free
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Haha, quite self-sentric, aren't we. I've been reading sci fi books since the 1980s. I guess, by your logic, any title I haven't heard about is just bad ... I've been using AdMuncher since 2002 or so and IMHO it's absolutely great. It's the number 1 reason I didn't switch my desktop to Linux. It's also the reason I'm using a Windows tablet (Dell Venue 11 Pro). This is the statistics, since last I installed Windows: S…
You haven't really refuted any part of GP poster's points. There's no technical info on the site, there's no telling what kind of user data they may be taking and doing who-knows-what with it. This is solid grounds to stay away from the product.
Re: After 15 years as shareware, Ad Muncher is now completely free
#29Would this be an optimal scenario to open source it? You could still bundle the install for the "official binary" with other things.
Also thinking about this. Wouldn't it be a good idea to open source it and cut down on your staffs' working hours. Seems like you got a fairly big user base so there should be developers out there willing to contribute. Perhaps you could cut down on your costs and merge pull request from open source contributors.
Definitely something I'd like to do, but preferably with our new v5 codebase.