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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by falcolas on Friday September 20, 2019 @09:06AM (#21026233)
So long as it’s not sold. It’s happened before - a popular ad blocker is bought up for millions of dollars by an ad agency, and turned into an already installed vehicle for new ads.

I see nothing about “free and open source” which prevents this.

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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by 0x0 on Friday September 20, 2019 @10:45AM (#21027240)
In fact, isn't that why uBlock is not uBO?
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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by somebehemoth on Friday September 20, 2019 @10:34AM (#21027100)
It can be forked?
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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by saagarjha on Friday September 20, 2019 @10:43AM (#21027207)
The last fork of uBlock Origin didn’t do so well: https://ublock.org/
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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by pwinnski on Friday September 20, 2019 @11:46AM (#21027987)
Didn't do so well how? It's very popular, used by many people who don't realize how terrible it is!
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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by saagarjha on Friday September 20, 2019 @11:48AM (#21028017)
Ok, let's say it didn't do good :)
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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by jtbayly on Friday September 20, 2019 @10:47AM (#21027263)
So what? How does that protect the end user?
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