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>the original name was taken over by someone it was taken over by the same people behind "AdBlockPlus" which is a shakedown operation. They're allowing ads to
by propogandist 6y ago
>the original name was taken over by someone
it was taken over by the same people behind "AdBlockPlus" which is a shakedown operation. They're allowing ads to be unblocked if advertisers pay them money.
Some history; https://old.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/32ory7/ublock_is_back_under_a_new_name/ https://old.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/32ory7/ublock_is_ba...
- saagarjha 6y agoWell, today that is what it is. Before that it was just a "donate to the developers" that was basically a money grab for the person running it.
- propogandist 6y agoThe developers running it should be able to accept monies from the users of the product, especially donations. They have built something and are keeping the end users interests at heart while evolving the capability. It needs to be sustainable, else the intrinsic motivation will dry up. The adblockplus model is extortion. They're not incentivized to serve the end user well, especially when their primary source of revenue is the advertisers the users are attempting to block.
- saagarjha 6y agoThe problem was that the person was essentially squatting on the name (in spirit; the name had been legitimately transferred) to gather donations for himself while not actively developing it. Then he sold it to the "Acceptable Ads" people.