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Is there an alternative?
by dhimes 13y ago
Is there an alternative?
- jfb 13y agoTo Adblock? I use a system level HTTP proxy (Glimmerblocker [1] on OS X, Privoxy elsewhere [2]) because I don't want to encounter ads in e.g. my RSS reader. To an advertising-based business model? Unclear. [1] http://glimmerblocker.org http://glimmerblocker.org [2] http://www.privoxy.org http://www.privoxy.org
- frankblizzard 13y agoThe problem / article is about ADBLOCK PLUS - not with the normal Adblock. Two different beasts.
- BIair 13y agoMVP hosts file blocks ads on Windows machines by editing the hosts file. No 3rd party software needed. http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
- dhimes 13y agoSeems like it should work on other OSs too, actually. Thanks for the link.
- andyn 13y agoI use "Adblock Edge" as an alternative. It's basically a fork of adblock plus but without the "acceptable ads" feature.
- linker3000 13y agoI never appreciated the difference or history of the Adblock and Adblock Plus plugins. I'm currently removing ABP from all my desktops and laptops in favour of Adblock Edge. Thanks.