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Re:Taking a break from Adblock Plus development by kleptako on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @08:15AM (#15969203)
What is even the point of Adblock Plus now? uBlock Origin seems so much better
Re:Taking a break from Adblock Plus development by hood_syntax on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @08:20AM (#15969231)
It's better than nothing for the non-expert users who don't know it's worse than other options available right now. Pretty much the only worthy use case for it
Re:Taking a break from Adblock Plus development by squeaky-clean on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @02:14PM (#15972762)
Yep, it just has a much better name than uBlock Origin.
Re:Taking a break from Adblock Plus development by Jonnax on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @08:21AM (#15969236)
You're asking what the point in developing alternatives are?

Microsoft said the web was done at Internet Explorer 6.

It looks like it was also rewritten for webextensions from that blog post.

Re:Taking a break from Adblock Plus development by Spivak on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @08:39AM (#15969341)
But AB isn't an alternative with pros and cons so much as it's a worse version of uBO.
Re:Taking a break from Adblock Plus development by squeaky-clean on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @02:15PM (#15972768)
> Microsoft said the web was done at Internet Explorer 6.

Yeah? And this is like OP asking "Now that Edge exists, what's the point of IE 6?"

Re:Taking a break from Adblock Plus development by Moru on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @09:10AM (#15969579)
The point is (as with so many things) money. If I remember right, ABP makes money by allowing "friendly" ads if they get payed for it.