3 ms·
>Because we understand that having a revenue model leads to software that is maintained and developed more actively This needs a huge citation. uBlock Origin i
by rm999 11y ago
>Because we understand that having a revenue model leads to software that is maintained and developed more actively
This needs a huge citation. uBlock Origin is revenue free (as far as I know) and is well-maintained and arguably far better than ABP.
Anyway, most of the work is done by the maintainers of the block lists (including the community), not the software that translates those lists.
- rockdoe 11y agouBlock is barely 10 months old. AdBlock Plus has been maintained for 9 years. You might have an argument in 9 years. Right now it's just wishful thinking that developer time is free.
- rm999 11y agoABP has been whitelisting for less than three years, meaning it supported itself for most of its existence. Anyway, uBlock leapfrogged ABP, which tells me that ABP isn't really being developed too well if a newcomer can do so much better. ABP continues to exist primarily on its name - it's a lot like Bittorrent Inc. And again, most of the work isn't done by the developers of the ad blocking software.