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Who is even using this anymore? ABP lost all its cred when it took money from ad business. Just use uBlock Origin.

andrepd 9y ago
Unfortunately more people are using ABP than uB. The common person googles "adblock", and ABP is usually the first result.
- toyg 9y ago
  To be fair, that's because "adblock" basically defined the space. They are entitled to the name recognition, since they built it themselves. It's a bit like WinZip vs 7-Zip.
  - jameskegel 9y ago
    Good hypothesis, but I suspect it is because of the search algorithm matching words
    - toyg 9y ago
      Yes, but "adblock" wasn't a word before AdBlock appeared, that's my point.
      - DonHopkins 9y ago
        However, "adblock" was a word before "AdBlock Plus" appeared.
votepaunchy 9y ago
> Just use uBlock Origin. Has there always been a uBlock extension for Safari? That was my last holdout for using ABP. I've now manually installed the downloadable extension but ABP is prominently displayed in Apple's Safari extension app store.
- tambre 9y ago
  The port seems to be in a separate repo until it's considered stable. The development of the port is quite a bit behind and doesn't seem to be actively maintained. I guess no one wants it badly enough to maintain it themself until it's stable.
- romanovcode 9y ago
  It is even on Edge so it would be super-weird if it would not be on Safari.
uptown 9y ago
Any idea if uBlock Origin protects against session-replay?: https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2017/11/15/no-boundaries-exfiltration-of-personal-data-by-session-replay-scripts/ https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2017/11/15/no-boundaries-exfil...
betterunix2 9y ago
I used ABP until very recently; I was skeptical of the acceptable ads program but it has not really been abused and anyone could opt out at any time. The point of ad blockers was not to actually block every ad, it was to keep the web sane and stop the trend toward increasingly intrusive advertising. ABP accomplished that goal even with the acceptable ads program.

Unfortunately more people are using ABP than uB. The common person googles "adblock", and ABP is usually the first result.

toyg 9y ago
To be fair, that's because "adblock" basically defined the space. They are entitled to the name recognition, since they built it themselves. It's a bit like WinZip vs 7-Zip.
- jameskegel 9y ago
  Good hypothesis, but I suspect it is because of the search algorithm matching words
  - toyg 9y ago
    Yes, but "adblock" wasn't a word before AdBlock appeared, that's my point.
    - DonHopkins 9y ago
      However, "adblock" was a word before "AdBlock Plus" appeared.

votepaunchy 9y ago

> Just use uBlock Origin. Has there always been a uBlock extension for Safari? That was my last holdout for using ABP. I've now manually installed the downloadable extension but ABP is prominently displayed in Apple's Safari extension app store.

tambre 9y ago
The port seems to be in a separate repo until it's considered stable. The development of the port is quite a bit behind and doesn't seem to be actively maintained. I guess no one wants it badly enough to maintain it themself until it's stable.
romanovcode 9y ago
It is even on Edge so it would be super-weird if it would not be on Safari.

uptown 9y ago

Any idea if uBlock Origin protects against session-replay?: https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2017/11/15/no-boundaries-exfiltration-of-personal-data-by-session-replay-scripts/ https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2017/11/15/no-boundaries-exfil...

betterunix2 9y ago

I used ABP until very recently; I was skeptical of the acceptable ads program but it has not really been abused and anyone could opt out at any time. The point of ad blockers was not to actually block every ad, it was to keep the web sane and stop the trend toward increasingly intrusive advertising. ABP accomplished that goal even with the acceptable ads program.