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Re:Adblock Plus “typo correction” feature adds affiliate IDs... by Hopka on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @09:22AM (#5945808)
They are also allegedly not filtering a set of white-listed ads, most of which come from companies that pay 30% of their ad revenue to the company behind AdBlock Plus.
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Re:Adblock Plus “typo correction” feature adds affiliate IDs... by jrabone on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @09:28AM (#5945851)
ABP has had an option to enable some white-listed ads for a while. It's ticked by default, but it's not exactly hidden...
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Re:Adblock Plus “typo correction” feature adds affiliate IDs... by SifJar on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @09:29AM (#5945853)
I came across this article which seems to back that up: http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/adblock-plus-accused-of-sha...

(from a few months ago)

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