Adblock Plus announces members of independent Acceptable Ads Committee

Re:Adblock Plus announces members of independent Acceptable ... by e40 on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @06:27PM (#13880459)

Not a single comment about malware. I will NEVER again install an app that is ad supported because I got malware on my phone because I merely started an app that served an ad from god knows where.

Unless you deal with this issue, I'm going to continue to use uBlock Origin and uMatrix. Once sites close up, I'll decide to pay the fee, or not. I'll likely not pay the fee and find something else to do with my time.

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Re:Adblock Plus announces members of independent Acceptable ... by manigandham on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @07:08PM (#13880775)

Our company has no malware. We don't run any 3rd party content or tags and everything is simple, static, fast and non-intrusive native ads.

That being said, other companies do run 3rd party tags/content and since it's impossible to verify this completely, they're open to malware and fraud. Until advertisers stop sending them money, there's not much I can do about it.

However committees like this and working with adblockers and other industry groups to put some rules and, more importantly enforcement, in place has the potential to finally change things.

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