Re:Which is better, Adblock or Adblock Plus?
by zz1 on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @12:15PM
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Yes, but whitelist is supposed to be for unobtrusive and not tracking ads. Then Google pays and… it is on whitelist! I cannot help but think that by using ABP instead of Adblock Edge you are giving ABP developers means to blackmail advertising companies. And not getting the protection you want in the first place.
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That's not my understanding of how it works. You cannot pay to get obtrusive or tracking ads on the whitelist. If you are a large company (how exactly that's defined isn't clear), you need to pay to get your unobtrusive ads whitelisted.
Re:Which is better, Adblock or Adblock Plus?
by throwaway2048 on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @01:19PM
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Google ads are tracking ads, and the ability to track is not listed as an unacceptable criterion.
Re:Which is better, Adblock or Adblock Plus?
by tripzilch on Thursday July 31, 2014 @05:45AM
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> You cannot pay to get obtrusive or tracking ads on the whitelist.
> If you are a large company (how exactly that's defined isn't clear), you need to pay to get your unobtrusive ads whitelisted.
Yeah that's a pretty clear conflict of interest, isn't it?
And it's violated right there with Google because the type of tracking ads that Google Ads are shouldn't have been allowed. For a non-paying party. As long as they stay true to their self-imposed rules for "acceptable ads".