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It's still an ad. Calling it a sponsorship doesn't change that. Granted, it's an unobtrusive ad (at best), but it has every reason to be filtered out by a gos
by omginternets 10y ago
It's still an ad. Calling it a sponsorship doesn't change that.
Granted, it's an unobtrusive ad (at best), but it has every reason to be filtered out by a gosh-darn ad-blocker.
- __s 10y agoYet ABP seeks to not block 'acceptable ads' so your categorical line of thought here isn't one they claim to follow
- omginternets 10y ago1. ABP does this as an option, and does this for financial gain [0]. 2. This is why I don't use ABP anymore. 3. This is about EasyList, which ABP uses, but the two should not be confused. EasyList seeks to block adverts. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/sep/13/adblock-plus-launching-platform-to-sell-acceptable-ads https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/sep/13/adblock-plu...