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AdBlock Plus Updates Acceptable Ads Policy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the red-light-green-light dept.

AmiMoJo writes: By default the popular AdBlock Plus plug-in allows some "acceptable" ads to be displayed. A blog post announcing updates to policy describes the goals of the update: easier to understand, more robust and more explicit about what is and isn't acceptable. The new criteria are listed on another page, and the option to disable acceptable ads remains.

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  1. uBlock Origin by edibobb · · Score: 5, Informative

    uBlock Origin is roughly 12 times better than Adblock Plus. It's significantly faster, has less overhead, has a better user interface, and does not whitelist ad sites.

  2. Shouldn't they change their name to by Bent+Spoke · · Score: 1, Informative

    AdFilter

  3. Re: Acceptable Ads by aaaaaaargh! · · Score: 3, Informative

    There was no problem getting such technical information before the Web was commercialized. In fact, Usenet, FAQs, personal home pages and swapping a few emails with other enthusiasts are usually better for this purpose today than any ad-driven sites you can come up with. Most technical information sites base their "content" on the free work of their users anyway, which is exactly what Usenet was and is intended for, plus its decentralized by design.

  4. Re:Ads are not acceptable. by aaarrrgggh · · Score: 4, Informative

    Deals aren't blocked by the checkbox...

  5. Re:I run a site that uses ads, let me tell you TRU by AmiMoJo · · Score: 4, Informative

    Patreon might be a better fit for you. Matters less if people pirate your work, as they are paying to encourage more of it rather than for something.

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