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This isn't an ordinary application. Ad blocking applications live and die by their blocklist. Many people purchased this application with the implied assumpti
by drakenot 11y ago
This isn't an ordinary application. Ad blocking applications live and die by their blocklist. Many people purchased this application with the implied assumption that the blocklist would continue to be updated for the foreseeable future.
Without an updated blocklist, this app will quickly become useless.
- sangnoir 11y agoGhostery is providing the blocklist, not Marco.I doubt they are going to stop anytime soon as they also have a browser extenstion that relies on it
- uptown 11y agoDoubtful. "The app is completely my code, using a copy of Ghostery’s tracker database hosted on my server that the app periodically checks for updates." So since he's abandoned the app, and broken his agreement with Ghostery, I'd assume he'll no longer be receiving an updated database from Ghostery.
- kaolinite 11y agoHe confirmed on Twitter that it'll keep being updated for the foreseeable future. https://twitter.com/marcoarment/status/645060381778571265 https://twitter.com/marcoarment/status/645060381778571265