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90% by lines or sites or 90% by money? ABP charges medium-sized websites through the nose -- and most startups qualify as medium-sized. Great business model, e

90% by lines or sites or 90% by money? ABP charges medium-sized websites through the nose -- and most startups qualify as medium-sized. Great business model, especially given that the filter lists are made by volunteers.

kuschku 10y ago
> especially given that the filter lists are made by volunteers. Except, the acceptable ads list for larger companies can only be modified by Eyeo, and they only do it after being paid. It’s a racket.
- greglindahl 10y ago
  Oh, I totally agree that it's a racket. My point about the filter lists is that the block lists are made by volunteers. Not the acceptable ad list. Sorry that I wasn't clear.
- bigbugbag 10y ago
  Are you sure ? It was supposed to be handed over to an independent board in 2016[1]. [1]: https://gigaom.com/2015/09/30/adblock-plus-list-of-acceptable-ads-to-be-run-by-independent-board/ https://gigaom.com/2015/09/30/adblock-plus-list-of-acceptabl...
  - kuschku 10y ago
    Have you checked their blog? ABP still is "evaluating" that, and currently has a beta where acceptable ads are handled by an ad network as intermediate, which validates the quality of your ad, and handles payment to get it whitelisted.
bigbugbag 10y ago
>Great business model, especially given that the filter lists are made by volunteers. And the leverage by its users who do not get paid them. IIRC ABP gets paid around a third of the advertising revenue from whitelisting the advertiser if it reaches 10m impressions, so the more users seeing ads ABP has, the more money they make.