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ABP has the unique advantage of being one of the original ad blockers (or even THE definitive ad blocker). People like me flocked to them for very specific reas
by oldstrangers 15y ago
ABP has the unique advantage of being one of the original ad blockers (or even THE definitive ad blocker). People like me flocked to them for very specific reasons. They are now fundamentally changing the way they do business; alienating those of us that came calling in the first place.
Perhaps even doing "business" at all is now a problem. Offering to allow advertisements for companies that pay enough money seems as shitty to me as when No Script coded in ways to prevent Ad Block from disabling the ads on their site. The internet flipped its shit over that, but somehow this same practice seems ok when its carried out with large sums of money? Right.
There's a trust issue with ABP that seems to have been fundamentally ruined. I wish them luck but I will personally be looking into other alternatives.
- corin_ 15y agoI completely agree that a business model based around companies paying to let their adverts get shown is awful. If I used ABP, this would stop me using it. I just disagreed with your opinion that this is bad because "the end user should have ultimate say in what does and does not come across their computer" - as they still do, even now that ABP is open to taking bribes.