dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoFor-profit Pie Adblock (from the founder of Honey) called out for copying uBlock Origin open source code without creditwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1980arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1976arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square69fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaredaddy32@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up95arrow-down2·3 days 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.