ABP 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 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.