dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoFor-profit Pie Adblock (from the founder of Honey) called out for copying uBlock Origin open source code without creditwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1964arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1960arrow-down1external-linkFor-profit Pie Adblock (from the founder of Honey) called out for copying uBlock Origin open source code without creditwww.theregister.comdantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square70fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squaredaddy32@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up93arrow-down2·5 months ago Never use a “for-profit adblocker”. Most prominently, this includes Adblock Plus, which functions as extortion-ware, extorting payments from ad-dealers to let their ads through.
Most prominently, this includes Adblock Plus, which functions as extortion-ware, extorting payments from ad-dealers to let their ads through.