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[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 323 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The dad is correct here; AdBlock Plus is corporatized, and uBlock Origin is the better option hands-down in every capacity.

[-] Mercuri@lemmy.world 89 points 10 months ago

I remember when ABP started whitelisting ads as part of some twisted business model. I switched to uBlock so fast and haven't looked back.

[-] yggstyle@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

They did. If I remember right it actually started with them kissing the Google ring first.

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

"p-please, shit in my mouth, daddy g" -abp

It used to be the defacto extension, everyone used it. I remember when the dev sold out. I get it, money can be exchanged for goods and services, but now they can't show their face in many places as they are 'the lowlife piece of shit who sold out abp' and that's basically a death sentence in tech hub places.

[-] Wiz@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago

Yes, but sleep soundly at night on a big pile of money.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago

Dad is supporting Youtube Premium though, even more corporatized

[-] Tja@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

And shares revenue with content creators.

[-] CooperRedArmyDog@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Yes but you cannot donate to uBlock, so he is doing the best he can

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Correct, but you should donate to the list maintainers, not the enemy.

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I really don't agree with this. AdBlock Plus is a technically inferior, directly competing standard that sucks up to advertisers by doing something only marginally less scummy than taking bribes to look the other way. These two extensions are both licensed under the GPLv3, but I seriously doubt Gorhill, the developer of uBlock Origin, sees much if any benefit from ABP's source code. uBO uses ABP's filter list syntax, but if ABP ceased to exist, the lists would work just the same.

If ABP had their way, they would monopolize adblocking as effectively a protection racket, and being given funding to create that sort of ecosystem is toxic to an open Internet. Giving ABP any money is worse than losing it down a sewer grate. uBO at this point in time should be the only adblocking extension anyone is using, because it's the one that's actually working toward a better Internet.

[-] CooperRedArmyDog@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Look man he is a kid he is trying to suport adblocking, I do not expect him to try to find a way to anonomusly send it to uBO, he will search adblock and pay it... not saying its a good choice, I am saying its a choice I would expect a child who is trying there best to make

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I don't blame Billy for being naive. I am not saying Billy should instead track down Raymond Gorhill and mail them cash.

Nonetheless, what Billy has done – in good faith and thinking he was helping – is make the Internet a very slightly worse place and spent money to do so.

this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2024
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