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> Now that the legalities are out of the way, we want to reach out to other publishers and advertisers and content creators and encourage them to work with Adbl

> Now that the legalities are out of the way, we want to reach out to other publishers and advertisers and content creators and encourage them to work with Adblock Plus rather than against us. Let’s develop new forms of nonintrusive ads that are actually useful and welcomed by users [...] This is one of the reasons I chose another adblocker (uBlock). I have no moral qualms when it comes to blocking ads, but I don't feel too hot about this guy building a business by making other businesses pay him money to let their ads through.

devonharvey 12y ago
I also prefer uBlock. Allowing some ads through in order to extort advertisers is not only shady, it interferes with Adblock Plus's only function--blocking ads. Does any user prefer an extension that blocks most, but not all of them?
- coldpie 12y ago
  Users that recognize that some websites rely on their ad revenue for their existenc eand want to support the continued existence of this business model might prefer not to block all ads, yes. I'm not one of them. I'm ready for ad-supported businesses to die.
TheHypnotist 12y ago
But they would have to adhere to what the standard would be for an ad to not be annoying. Everyone wins.
sergiotapia 12y ago
Exactly. Stop using AdBlock Plus and use uBlock. One is an ad filter and the other is an ad BLOCKER. Go with the blocker. Which one do you want?
- GhotiFish 12y ago
  Personally? I want ad filter that creates a huge barrier to entry. A barrier that stipulates that an ad must be honest, non deceptive, non invasive, and that the companies behind them arn't using them to mass aggregate users for later sale. I don't think Ad Block Plus is doing that, to be fair. It IS what I want though. I'd love to give advertisers a way to be honest.
sliverstorm 12y ago
I just use uBlock because a filter is more compute overhead... These days web browsers are seriously heavyweight software that my older, weaker machines can barely manage in the first place.

devonharvey 12y ago

I also prefer uBlock. Allowing some ads through in order to extort advertisers is not only shady, it interferes with Adblock Plus's only function--blocking ads. Does any user prefer an extension that blocks most, but not all of them?

coldpie 12y ago
Users that recognize that some websites rely on their ad revenue for their existenc eand want to support the continued existence of this business model might prefer not to block all ads, yes. I'm not one of them. I'm ready for ad-supported businesses to die.

TheHypnotist 12y ago

But they would have to adhere to what the standard would be for an ad to not be annoying. Everyone wins.

sergiotapia 12y ago

Exactly. Stop using AdBlock Plus and use uBlock. One is an ad filter and the other is an ad BLOCKER. Go with the blocker. Which one do you want?

GhotiFish 12y ago
Personally? I want ad filter that creates a huge barrier to entry. A barrier that stipulates that an ad must be honest, non deceptive, non invasive, and that the companies behind them arn't using them to mass aggregate users for later sale. I don't think Ad Block Plus is doing that, to be fair. It IS what I want though. I'd love to give advertisers a way to be honest.

sliverstorm 12y ago

I just use uBlock because a filter is more compute overhead... These days web browsers are seriously heavyweight software that my older, weaker machines can barely manage in the first place.