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AdBlock Plus sold out. Google's Sponsored features continue to be automatically white-listed as part of that deal, even when "acceptable ads" is not selected. Y

by radley 12y ago

AdBlock Plus sold out. Google's Sponsored features continue to be automatically white-listed as part of that deal, even when "acceptable ads" is not selected. You can't block them using Element Hiding Helper. AdBlock Edge is the only true ad blocker: http://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1mcsko/adblock_edge_vs_adblock_plus_is_adblock_edge_is/ http://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1mcsko/adblock_edge...

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millzlane 12y ago
I mentioned this on wladimirs blog a few hours ago and he's yet to approve my comment. I asked if he knew about it and what he though about it.
- a2tech 12y ago
  He approved it and wrote a snippy comment about how Adblock Edge is just stealing their work and introducing bugs.
chmars 12y ago
I use Adblock Plus based on EasyList and I do not get any ads from Google. But that might be my custom configuration …
- radley 12y ago
  Not ads - Sponsored listings. A good example is the YouTube video feed; the first video is usually a Sponsored video. I wouldn't care so much except they're usually link bait videos with hot girls or people getting hurt in "funny" ways. Don't want. EasyList and other filter sets work on most AdBlock versions. I also use the social filters to speed up page load since most pages are waiting on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, etc auth & cookies before they can finish displaying.
  - ben__p__w 12y ago
    If you're seeing ANY YouTube ads something's wrong. Report it on ABP's forum or issue tracker: https://adblockplus.org/forum/ https://adblockplus.org/forum/ https://issues.adblockplus.org/ https://issues.adblockplus.org/
crystaln 12y ago
> "even when "acceptable ads" is not selected. You can't block them using Element Hiding Helper." Is this true? After disabling the non-obtrusive ads, I don't see any ads anywhere. Can you give an example of an ad bypassing this feature entirely?

by radley 12y ago

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millzlane 12y ago

I mentioned this on wladimirs blog a few hours ago and he's yet to approve my comment. I asked if he knew about it and what he though about it.

a2tech 12y ago
He approved it and wrote a snippy comment about how Adblock Edge is just stealing their work and introducing bugs.

chmars 12y ago

I use Adblock Plus based on EasyList and I do not get any ads from Google. But that might be my custom configuration …

radley 12y ago
Not ads - Sponsored listings. A good example is the YouTube video feed; the first video is usually a Sponsored video. I wouldn't care so much except they're usually link bait videos with hot girls or people getting hurt in "funny" ways. Don't want. EasyList and other filter sets work on most AdBlock versions. I also use the social filters to speed up page load since most pages are waiting on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, etc auth & cookies before they can finish displaying.
- ben__p__w 12y ago
  If you're seeing ANY YouTube ads something's wrong. Report it on ABP's forum or issue tracker: https://adblockplus.org/forum/ https://adblockplus.org/forum/ https://issues.adblockplus.org/ https://issues.adblockplus.org/

crystaln 12y ago

> "even when "acceptable ads" is not selected. You can't block them using Element Hiding Helper." Is this true? After disabling the non-obtrusive ads, I don't see any ads anywhere. Can you give an example of an ad bypassing this feature entirely?