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Re:Adblock Plus filter lists may execute arbitrary code in w... by angott on Monday April 15, 2019 @12:21PM (#19666488)
It's mostly a marketing issue in my opinion. ABP was the first ad-blocker to enter the mainstream market back during the Firefox days, and they had virtually no competition for half a decade, before the entire Acceptable Ads controversy. I think unfortunately there is still a significant number of users who just associate "AdBlock == AdBlock Plus".
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Re:Adblock Plus filter lists may execute arbitrary code in w... by gorhill on Monday April 15, 2019 @12:43PM (#19666674)
> a significant number of users who just associate "AdBlock == AdBlock Plus"

AdBlock uses Adblock Plus filtering engine internally and also supports and enables "Acceptable Ads" by default:

> AdBlock is a popular ad blocking extension for Chrome, Opera and Safari, now based on the Adblock Plus code.[1]

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[1] https://github.com/betafish-inc/adblock-releases

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Re:Adblock Plus filter lists may execute arbitrary code in w... by angott on Monday April 15, 2019 @02:51PM (#19667807)
Oh, sorry, I was not referring to specifically that AdBlock extension. I wanted to say that users just associate "adblocking extension = AdBlock Plus".
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Re:Adblock Plus filter lists may execute arbitrary code in w... by gorhill on Monday April 15, 2019 @03:21PM (#19668074)
Ah I see, never mind then; and in that case I do agree with your comment.
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Re:Adblock Plus filter lists may execute arbitrary code in w... by shpx on Monday April 15, 2019 @09:17PM (#19670315)
Any chance you're going to get the uBlock name back? Explaining the story every time I tell someone to switch to uBlock Origin is annoying.
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Re:Adblock Plus filter lists may execute arbitrary code in w... by brian_herman__ on Monday April 15, 2019 @03:39PM (#19668216)
Love ur work with origin
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Re:Adblock Plus filter lists may execute arbitrary code in w... by ryanchoi on Monday April 15, 2019 @08:46PM (#19670153)
Agreed, in the same way all touchscreen smartphones were/are(?) called iPhones, or people calling all tissues Kleenexes in the US, I think for a huge fraction of laypersons, ABP has an understandably strong grasp on the product category.
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