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Re:Ghostery Plus makes money while blocking publishers from ... by dastx on Thursday January 17, 2019 @10:33AM (#18931489)
Ghostery is owned by Cliqz, which in turn is owned by Hubert Burda Media. HBM makes a big chunk of their money from advertisement and tracking. Make of that what you will.
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Re:Ghostery Plus makes money while blocking publishers from ... by municat on Thursday January 17, 2019 @11:12AM (#18931899)
Yes, Cliqz and Ghostery are majority-owned by HBM (with Mozialla as a minority investor). However, Cliqz and Ghostery treat all websites and ads equally, and make no exception for HBM websits or ads. Everybody can see that when visiting sites like focus.de or chip.de with Cliqz or Ghostery turned on.
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