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by freehunter 3733 days ago
Adblock Plus does that. Ad networks can in some fashion request their ads be unblocked, and ABP does some sort of review (I'm not sure how it all works, I don't use it).
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I'm not sure, but isn't that review process basically a transaction of money? As in buying your way out of being blocked? That's probably the last thing I'd want.
Fair enough. I know I had heard something about them unblocking "non-intrusive ads" but didn't really pay attention to the details.
Ad networks pay ABP to be whitelisted. That is their review process.
In fairness, they don't just whitelist any old ad, there's ostensibly a review and guidelines that must be followed, but at the end of the day, it's still a colossal conflict of interest.