Posts by kzar

Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently

Re: Of course this affects Adblock Plus

"It's not going to hit ABP as much as other extensions."

I'm sorry, but _yes it will_. I've been working on this code for approaching 5 years, I don't understand how you could tell me how the code will be affected.

Thanks for at least removing that first part I quoted, but these quotes all still say/imply that Adblock Plus is affected less than the other ad blocking extensions:

"The basic filtering mechanism supported by Adblock Plus should still be available. But uBlock Origin and uMatrix offer far more extensive controls, without trying to placate publishers through ad whitelisting."

"Also, we're happy to clarify that while Adblock Plus is affected by the draft changes, it will not be whacked as hard as other extensions, such as uBlock Origin..."

It's good you're drawing attention to the API changes, in my own personal opinion they are a bad thing for ad blocking and user control. I'd be happy if they're stopped. But please, stop trying to paint a narrative of "Big bad Adblock Plus is OK since they are paid by Google", it's disingenuous at best.

Thanks, Dave Barker.

Of course this affects Adblock Plus

"Adblock Plus will most likely not be affected, though similar third-party plugins will, for reasons..."

I'm an Adblock Plus developer, and of course it will affect Adblock Plus if the main API we use to block requests gets removed/clobbered and replaced with something more limited! What nonsense!