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Adblock Plus seems to have a very good business model extorting money from Google and others to show their ads. http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/adblock-plus-ac
by owenwil 11y ago
Adblock Plus seems to have a very good business model extorting money from Google and others to show their ads. http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/adblock-plus-accused-of-shaking-down-websites/ http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/adblock-plus-accused-of-sha...
- 5h 11y agoThat website popped up another one of those "Subscribe to get our newsletter" things that are infuriatingly common nowadays. I always enter some variation of "nobody-likes-popups@digitaltrends.com" with the domain changed to suit in the vain hope it tips the balance in a discussion someday.
- monroepe 11y agoUgh. Yeah I immediately leave the site when something like that pops up. I can't stand that.
- anc84 11y agoI do the same. http://thosefuckingpopups.tumblr.com/ http://thosefuckingpopups.tumblr.com/ collects screenshots of people who join the cause. Be aware that simply disabling Javascript by default and only whitelisting it when you need it gets rid of obnoxious brain stressers like these.
- h43k3r 11y agoI have dumped Adblock Plus in favour of uBlock. Its low on memory and I don't think it does something like this.
- monroepe 11y agoDoes uBlock work as well? I have thought about switching for the memory issues as well.
- cypher_glyph 11y agoIs it worth pointing out that both times they were taken to court they won and maintain that no one can buy their way on to their whitelist?