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Re:Adblock Sold to Mystery Company by huntermeyer on Friday October 02, 2015 @09:28AM (#10318344)
I'm placing 80% of my bet on Google (Alphabet). The remaining 20% on Yahoo.
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Re:Adblock Sold to Mystery Company by eli on Friday October 02, 2015 @09:34AM (#10318378)
oh who purchased the plugin? I'll take the other side of both those bets.
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Re:Adblock Sold to Mystery Company by ck2 on Friday October 02, 2015 @09:33AM (#10318367)
Didn't get that for a moment, you mean you think Google or Yahoo bought the very product that blocks their income?

Despite all the alternatives that can be installed instantly?

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Re:Adblock Sold to Mystery Company by cmcnally on Friday October 02, 2015 @09:35AM (#10318386)
Adblock does not block Google ads by default.
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Re:Adblock Sold to Mystery Company by hullo on Friday October 02, 2015 @11:19AM (#10319082)
by Google ads do you mean ads on Google? Or AdSense ads placed across the web (AFS? AFC?)? or do you mean AdSense + Doubleclick (DFA, DFP, ...) + AdExchange + AdMob + I could go on for a long while. Bottom line is google, more than anyone else, has a lot of skin in this game.
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