Chrome extension manifest v3 proposal: comment from uBlock Origin author

Re:Chrome extension manifest v3 proposal: comment from uBloc... by judge2020 on Thursday May 30, 2019 @10:24AM (#20051413)

I wish Google did this for regular ads. I doubt they'd stop tracking you (videos while paying for YT premium still contributes to your ad profile for when you cancel it later) but even $25/month for no ads across all of the internet (while signed in) would be amazing.

Maybe there would be two tiers; $20 a month for just "Google" ads, and $40+ a month for all ads to be removed (Via AdChoices).

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Re:Chrome extension manifest v3 proposal: comment from uBloc... by yegle on Thursday May 30, 2019 @10:49AM (#20051738)

There was an effort https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Contributor which worked very well: you set a monthly budget just like advertisers, and you participate in the bidding of ads on the website you are visiting. If you win the bidding, the ad will be replaced by a static image.

Sadly this was turned down and the new version of Google Contributor only works on some websites.

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Re:Chrome extension manifest v3 proposal: comment from uBloc... by coldpie on Thursday May 30, 2019 @10:33AM (#20051528)

Strongly agreed! There are some weird outcomes regarding privacy and NoScript interactions with the "all ads" proposal. I'd be happy to just pay to remove ads from Google properties (Gmail, Maps, etc). But yes, anything where I can exchange money in return for no ads is something I'm happy to support.

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