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The maintainer of Ublock Origin does not want to make money from this. He does not want Ublock to turn into Adblock Plus. If there is no money involved the pro
by Tsubasachan 8y ago
The maintainer of Ublock Origin does not want to make money from this. He does not want Ublock to turn into Adblock Plus.
If there is no money involved the project cannot be bribed by ad tech. The only acceptable ads are the ones the user white lists.
- elcomet 8y agoThe point is to make money from the users, not from advertising companies, which is the opposite of adblock. He could still refuse ads by ad tech, I don't see how donations by users would force him.
- Tsubasachan 8y agoMoney corrupts. The tech sector is living proof at that.
- elcomet 8y agoThat's exactly the point. You want to be financially independent, or at least earn enough to live to reduce the risk of being corrupted by ad tech money.