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The original, german text does not state that ABP actually rewrites amazon affiliate links. It mentions "Amazon" once, in a sentence which could be translated a

The original, german text does not state that ABP actually rewrites amazon affiliate links. It mentions "Amazon" once, in a sentence which could be translated at "..how to justify drying up financial base (which are amazon links) for thousands of small blogs.." (That doesn't mean ABP does not change amazon referral links, though)

edwintorok 13y ago
Could it be a typo, i.e. that adblock plus charges (money) for allowing people's amazon refs through the filter? Although if you check exceptionrules.txt there are only 3 domains that have amazon links whitelisted. EDIT: apparently the 2nd page of the article writes about the possibility of changing links.
- janfoeh 13y ago
  It's not a typo. Here is a manual translation of the paragraph containing the allegation: Schaut man sich den Quellcode von Adblock Plus an, dann stolpert man ueber die “typoRules.js”" welche Vertipper in der Adresszeile des Browsers ueber eine dann nachgeladene Datei http://urlfixer.org/download/rules.json korrigiert. Den Spass gibt es uebrigens auch als separates Add-On http://urlfixer.org, ebenfalls vom feinen Herrn Palant! Und jetzt anschnallen, denn dabei werden fuer alle internationalen Amazon-Shops automatisch die eigenen Amazon-IDs angehaengt! "If you take a look into Adblock Plus' source code, you will trip over a "typoRules.js", which corrects typos made in your browsers' URL bar with the help of the subsequently loaded file http://urlfixer.org/download/rules.json http://urlfixer.org/download/rules.json. By the way, you can obtain this funny little gadget as a standalone add-on from http://urlfixer.org http://urlfixer.org as well, from the same honorable Mr. Palant! Now fasten your seatbelts, because this automatically adds their own Amazon IDs for all international Amazon shops!
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    - janfoeh 13y ago
      How so?
Sujan 13y ago
There is a second page that is overlooked quite easily: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5945942 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5945942

edwintorok 13y ago

Could it be a typo, i.e. that adblock plus charges (money) for allowing people's amazon refs through the filter? Although if you check exceptionrules.txt there are only 3 domains that have amazon links whitelisted. EDIT: apparently the 2nd page of the article writes about the possibility of changing links.

janfoeh 13y ago
It's not a typo. Here is a manual translation of the paragraph containing the allegation: Schaut man sich den Quellcode von Adblock Plus an, dann stolpert man ueber die “typoRules.js”" welche Vertipper in der Adresszeile des Browsers ueber eine dann nachgeladene Datei http://urlfixer.org/download/rules.json korrigiert. Den Spass gibt es uebrigens auch als separates Add-On http://urlfixer.org, ebenfalls vom feinen Herrn Palant! Und jetzt anschnallen, denn dabei werden fuer alle internationalen Amazon-Shops automatisch die eigenen Amazon-IDs angehaengt! "If you take a look into Adblock Plus' source code, you will trip over a "typoRules.js", which corrects typos made in your browsers' URL bar with the help of the subsequently loaded file http://urlfixer.org/download/rules.json http://urlfixer.org/download/rules.json. By the way, you can obtain this funny little gadget as a standalone add-on from http://urlfixer.org http://urlfixer.org as well, from the same honorable Mr. Palant! Now fasten your seatbelts, because this automatically adds their own Amazon IDs for all international Amazon shops!
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  - janfoeh 13y ago
    How so?

Sujan 13y ago

There is a second page that is overlooked quite easily: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5945942 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5945942