dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoFor-profit Pie Adblock (from the founder of Honey) called out for copying uBlock Origin open source code without creditwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1897arrow-down15
arrow-up1892arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squareunalivejoy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 months agoFor-profit ad blockers make their money from either ad injection or extorting ad companies to whitelist their ads. This is why the original adblock plus fell out of use.
For-profit ad blockers make their money from either ad injection or extorting ad companies to whitelist their ads. This is why the original adblock plus fell out of use.