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I'm struggling to fully understand the article due to the poor Google Translation. Anyone offer some concise clarification as to what ABP is actually doing? Is

by SifJar 13y ago

I'm struggling to fully understand the article due to the poor Google Translation. Anyone offer some concise clarification as to what ABP is actually doing? Is it "just" that they are changing Amazon referral links on websites to their own referral links so they get money instead, or is there more to it than that? Are they even actually doing that? (Or is it just that they aren't blocking referral links made with software by one of ABP's creators?) EDIT: I came across this from a few months back: http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/adblock-plus-accused-of-shaking-down-websites/ http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/adblock-plus-accused-of-sha... Seems to be about some similar stuff

Hopka 13y ago
They are also allegedly not filtering a set of white-listed ads, most of which come from companies that pay 30% of their ad revenue to the company behind AdBlock Plus.
- jrabone 13y ago
  ABP has had an option to enable some white-listed ads for a while. It's ticked by default, but it's not exactly hidden...
- SifJar 13y ago
  I came across this article which seems to back that up: http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/adblock-plus-accused-of-shaking-down-websites/ http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/adblock-plus-accused-of-sha... (from a few months ago)
lazyjones 13y ago
Allegedly they are changing Amazon referral links and on top of that they automatically convert non-affiliate links to affiliate links with their own ID wherever possible.
hnha 13y ago
that paragraph is difficult to understand even in german, to me it sounds like not apb, but another addon ( http://urlfixer.org http://urlfixer.org ) is the one with the amazon link tampering.