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Are ad-blocking services generally sued by ad-displaying websites? I've never heard of that happening, but I could certainly be wrong.
by Helloworldboy 9y ago
Are ad-blocking services generally sued by ad-displaying websites? I've never heard of that happening, but I could certainly be wrong.
- detaro 9y agoNot generally, but it has happened. And the Brave business model of "block ads, then show our own ads instead" combined with this type of advertising is probably a clearer target than "some guy making uBlock for free".
- smokeyj 9y agoAnd what's to stop someone from creating a BATS blocker that simulates attention? Will there be a captcha like challenge?
- mccr8 9y agoI don't know about uBlock Origin (which is what you probably meant) but according to press articles AdBlock Plus gets paid money by Google to not block their ads, which feels at least in the ballpark to what Brave is trying to do.
- detaro 9y agoThe company behind Adblock plus also has been involved in lawsuits about their product (they won, so far)
- JoshTriplett 9y agoThere have been attempts; they haven't succeeded.
- occamrazor 9y agoAd-blockers not. But Brave profits by replacing website ads with its own ads.