Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on February 15

Re:Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on Febru... by user5994461 on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @02:04PM (#15972658)

I agree that AdBlock getting paid is messed up. I can't say that it entirely ruined the purpose though.

My parents don't need fine controls. They just need something to block most of the malware, adware and popups. That's the world we live in.

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Re:Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on Febru... by epicide on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @02:25PM (#15972843)

I understand your point that they don't need fine grain controls, but does uBlock Origin require anything beyond the defaults? I'm just not seeing the benefit from using AdBlock Plus, anymore.

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Re:Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on Febru... by user5994461 on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @04:55PM (#15974197)

Depends what you mean by require. There are some important blacklists on both ublock and adblock that are off by default, they can be enabled.

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Re:Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on Febru... by jrnichols on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @02:32PM (#15972902)

i agree. i don't think it ruined the purpose. the purpose (in my eyes, yours may see it different) was to reduce offensive, dangerous, and just plain obnoxious advertising.

I don't mind a few unobtrusive ads. I really do mind those stupid ad overlays, ads that unroll themselves on top of the content I'm trying to read, and "scroll here for more" junk.

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