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by expose 4182 days ago
Get with the times: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/%C2%B5block/cjpalh...
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aktau 4182 days ago
I can heartily recommend µBlock as well, it's low on resource usage (much lower than abp) and blocks nearly everything. I do tend to combine it with ghostery/disconnect to be extra sure (not that ghostery is developed by an ads firm, though they say their opt-out options is legit).
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purzlbaum 4182 days ago
Don't use abp. You should read this trough Google Translate maybe: http://www.mobilegeeks.de/adblock-plus-undercover-einblicke-...
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nathanb 4182 days ago
Is there any evidence that they're doing anything sleazy? This seems like a crackpot conspiracy theory, not actual news.
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purzlbaum 4182 days ago
No it's really like that. Advertisers habe the possibility to get white listed. But they have to pay for it.
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zo1 4181 days ago
And this feature can be disabled in the extension:

Tools->AddOns->AdblocPlus Options->Filter Preferences->Allow some non-intrusive advertising

You can untick it, and right next to it are two links. One is to a link describing the non-intrusive ads and the other is to the actual white-list:

https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/exceptionrules.tx...

I didn't realize this was on for me. But to tell you the truth, I have never seen any of these advertisements. So either they were so unnoticeable/rare or they really were completely non-intrusive.

I personally have no problem with this. As long as they keep the ads non-intrusive as it appears they have up until now, I will continue to allow it as it has made my web browsing completely annoyance-free from ads.

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_asummers 4181 days ago
Check µMatrix, too. Same guy who made µBlock, I believe.
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