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AdBlock Plus Defends Ad Blocking, Applauds Marco Arment

Mark Wilson writes: Ad blockers have been much talked about since Apple opened up support for them in iOS 9. The now infamous Peace shot to the top of the download charts before it was pulled by its creator. Now AdBlock Plus has come out in support of Marco Arment, who developed something of a guilty conscience after his ad blocking creation proved so popular. Ben Williams from AdBlock Plus says "I really applaud this guy," going on to suggest that whitelisting and the Acceptable Ads feature of AdBlock Plus epitomize the "more nuanced, complex approach" Arment called for. The ad blocking software I'd like to see would detect and zap into a heap of ash those unrelated-photo clickbait ads; I'd rather suffer through some honest banner ads anytime.

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  2. STOP THE PRESSES! BREAKING NEWS! by PopeRatzo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm sorry to interrupt this scintillating discussion of AdBlock Plus, but this news just came across the wire:

    http://www.express.co.uk/news/...

    According to my sources, he's already being referred to as "David HAMeron"

    OK, carry on.

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    You are welcome on my lawn.