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Re:Ask HN: what are examples of successful "open-source alte... by fwn on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @10:48AM (#40857242)
> uBlock Origin

I think the market share of ublock Origin helped limit the success of so-called "acceptable ads" schemes, where adblock makers took money for excluding certain ad providers.

But I don't have any data to back that up either.

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Re:Ask HN: what are examples of successful "open-source alte... by r3db34rd on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @08:03PM (#40861624)
> I don't have any data to back that up

Typical of a Hacker News user.

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