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Adblock Plus for Google Chrome to be released soon
- melvinram 16y agoI recently stopped using Adblock (https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gighmmpiobklfepj...) a month back when I landed on an interesting article (http://www.universetoday.com/81662/voyager-1-has-outdistanced-the-solar-wind/ http://www.universetoday.com/81662/voyager-1-has-outdistance...) that obviously wasn't written in 5 minutes... and realized that I had just ripped off the author. They put in the time and energy to write this wonderful piece that informed me about something that was truly fascinating to me and they were going to get nothing in return. They have ad's on the site but my Adblock plugin had blocked it all. It felt nothing short of theft so I emailed them saying that if they ever needed any design help to give me a shout. /tangent
- yycom 16y agoAnother angle: ads are pollution. Blocking ads and reducing ad revenue will expedite the creation of an alternative business model that doesn't pollute my entertainment. Giving in to the ads only validates the polluting business model.