Re:Facebook Requires Social Fixer Browser Extension to Remov...
by criley2 on Sunday October 06, 2013 @02:37PM
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>I am just waiting for a more powerful entity like Google or Facebook to take on Ad-block, that's when it'll get really interesting.
https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads
Tl;dr: Google pays Adblock Plus to mark Google ads "acceptable". Google ads are whitelisted from adblocking.
Re:Facebook Requires Social Fixer Browser Extension to Remov...
by RexRollman on Sunday October 06, 2013 @03:46PM
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I don't use Adblock (I am a NoScript man) but I never knew that! Thanks for the info.
Your writing mentions this interesting piece: http://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/the-end-of-the-power-u...
I am just waiting for a more powerful entity like Google or Facebook to take on Ad-block, that's when it'll get really interesting. I'm guessing Facebook is just testing the waters for now by taking you on, and demanding you to take down ad-blocking features for now.
edit: I just read in your article:
They don't know about Ad-block! That is just so rich.