I’ve been informed that adblock plus sort of sucks now. If you’re looking for one, go for UBlock Origin.
Imagine shilling a closed source, sold out alternative to UBlock Origin
I’m not an expert on these and didn’t realize there was a difference. Did this one sell out?
Yes, they allow certain “non-obtrusive” ads by default. Some people might be fine with this, but it should absolutely be opt-in, and their deal with an ad company is the only reason it’s the default.
Well that blows. Thanks for the heads up. This is why we can’t have nice things.
ABP is definitely not closed source.
You can disagree with the whole “acceptable ads” debacle (I did and switched to unlock origin) but ABP is far from a risk to anyone using it. There’s just better blockers out there.
(btw abp is in fact open source and licensed under GPLv3, but that doesn’t make it any less sketchy sith their “Acceptable Ads” program)
Billy, yes! (But use uBlock Origin instead)
Adblock plus has sucked for at least half a decade at this point.
This reminds me to donate to uBlock Origin. The dev does not accept donations though. I can’t imagine a fay without uBlock Origin.
Yeah I wish the dev accepted donations. Ublock makes my life so much better and I have a hard time being online without it. That’s something I’d gladly donate to. You can donate to the maintainers of the block-lists though
it’s happy to see this alternative memes community growing
Having multiple of things is a strength of the fediverse!
I’d be really curious how much my internet use “costs” to advertisers and if I could/would pay that amount instead.
Like, the advertiser paid $0.0005 to serve that ad to me so I’ll just pay that amount directly to the site and not be served the ad. Just incorporate it into my internet bill and I’d pay just like I do for power or gas. And would my willingness to not see ads make me more or less valuable to advertisers and affect the math?
I don’t like the subscription model as it seems like the price point isn’t based on actual cost at all and like they’re double-dipping by still selling my info. Charge me the actual cost plus a reasonable profit margin of 10%-20%. How much would that be? Is advertising really so valuable that I wouldn’t be willing to pay that amount? If so, are advertisers overselling the efficacy of their product?
Good Billy.
Ad-blocking is internet security.
abp: ❌ ublock: ✅
The one creator from reddit I miss. Loved when they would respond to comments with more drawings.
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Uh…what?
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Good meme
