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Apple Propels an Ad-Blocking Cottage Industry
- dang 11y agoUrl changed from https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/adblock-sold-reportedly-allowing-companies-030215711.html?nf=1 https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/adblock-sold-reportedly-allowin..., which points to this.
- mayayo3 11y agowhich in turn points to this: "That’s per a Wall Street Journal story...." http://www.wsj.com/articles/propelled-by-apple-ad-blocking-cottage-industry-emerges-1443115929 http://www.wsj.com/articles/propelled-by-apple-ad-blocking-c...
- dang 11y agoGood catch. We'll change to that from http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2015/09/24/adblock_plus_is_letting_companies_pay_to_get_their_ads_through_its_tool.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2015/09/24/adblock_plus_.... It turns out to be a dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10274239 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10274239.
- mirimir 11y agoThis is old news, except for specifics about which firms are paying. And in any case, Adblock Plus alerts at installation about the option of deselecting "Allow some non-intrusive advertising".