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Re:German judges explain their decision that ad-blocking sof... by greglindahl on Sunday December 11, 2016 @01:56PM (#13152491)
90% by lines or sites or 90% by money? ABP charges medium-sized websites through the nose -- and most startups qualify as medium-sized. Great business model, especially given that the filter lists are made by volunteers.
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Re:German judges explain their decision that ad-blocking sof... by bigbugbag on Sunday December 11, 2016 @06:11PM (#13154028)
>Great business model, especially given that the filter lists are made by volunteers.

And the leverage by its users who do not get paid them. IIRC ABP gets paid around a third of the advertising revenue from whitelisting the advertiser if it reaches 10m impressions, so the more users seeing ads ABP has, the more money they make.

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Re:German judges explain their decision that ad-blocking sof... by kuschku on Sunday December 11, 2016 @04:15PM (#13153294)
> especially given that the filter lists are made by volunteers.

Except, the acceptable ads list for larger companies can only be modified by Eyeo, and they only do it after being paid. It’s a racket.

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Re:German judges explain their decision that ad-blocking sof... by bigbugbag on Sunday December 11, 2016 @06:18PM (#13154081)
Are you sure ? It was supposed to be handed over to an independent board in 2016[1].

[1]: https://gigaom.com/2015/09/30/adblock-plus-list-of-acceptabl...

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Re:German judges explain their decision that ad-blocking sof... by kuschku on Monday December 12, 2016 @06:34AM (#13157330)
Have you checked their blog?

ABP still is "evaluating" that, and currently has a beta where acceptable ads are handled by an ad network as intermediate, which validates the quality of your ad, and handles payment to get it whitelisted.

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Re:German judges explain their decision that ad-blocking sof... by greglindahl on Sunday December 11, 2016 @04:20PM (#13153331)
Oh, I totally agree that it's a racket. My point about the filter lists is that the block lists are made by volunteers. Not the acceptable ad list. Sorry that I wasn't clear.
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