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The 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
by propogandist 6y ago
The 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.