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- Lichess: Block Ads and Trackers https://lichess.org/ads 203 comments
- Ad Blocking Will Keep Growing Until We Make Ads Better http://adexchanger.com/data-driven-thinking/ad-blocking-will-keep-growing-until-we-make-ads-better-2/ 5 comments
- Google update could 'destroy' ad-blocking https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46988319 6 comments technology
- Uses of Ad-Blocking Software Rises by 30% Worldwide https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/technology/ad-blocking-internet.html 32 comments worldnews
- Rise of Ad-Blocking Software Threatens Online Revenue http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/business/international/smartphone-ad-blocking-software-mobile.html 60 comments worldnews
- Chrome to ad-block an entire website if it shows abusive ads https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/11/5/18063906/chrome-71-update-abusive-ads-blocking-december-2018 74 comments programming
- Facebook to impose ads on ad-blocking users "out of principle" https://www.rt.com/news/355287-facebook-impose-ads-users/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss 56 comments worldnews
- SkyTube: open source YouTube app for Android with ad-blocking and video downloading https://www.ghacks.net/2021/05/30/skytube-open-source-youtube-app-for-android-with-ad-blocking-and-video-downloading/ 3 comments degoogle
- uBlock Origin 1.40 Update introduces a workaround to block YouTube ads in Chrome - gHacks Tech News https://www.ghacks.net/2021/12/24/ublock-origin-1-40-update-introduces-a-workaround-to-block-youtube-ads-in-chrome/ 44 comments degoogle
- Facebook knew for years ad reach estimates were based on ‘wrong data’ but blocked fixes over revenue impact, per court filing https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/18/facebook-knew-for-years-ad-reach-estimates-were-based-on-wrong-data-but-blocked-fixes-over-revenue-impact-per-court-filing/?guccounter=1 45 comments technology
- Facebook lifts block on pro-Biden ad, citing 'enforcement error' https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-facebook-advertising/facebook-lifts-block-on-pro-biden-ad-citing-enforcement-error-iduskbn25s3dx 14 comments politics
- How to block Google ads https://www.androidauthority.com/block-youtube-ads-trick-1128296/ 9 comments privacy
- Chrome to limit full ad blocking extensions to enterprise users https://9to5google.com/2019/05/29/chrome-ad-blocking-enterprise-manifest-v3/ 2 comments privacy
- Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users https://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/bum37q/google_to_restrict_modern_ad_blocking_chrome/ 203 comments javascript
- Microsoft’s Bing Blocked 5 Million Crypto-Related Ads in 2018 https://cryptofame.io/microsofts-bing-blocked-5-million-crypto-related-ads-in-2018/ 3 comments btc
- Mozilla Adding CryptoMining and Fingerprint Blocking to Firefox https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mozilla-adding-cryptomining-and-fingerprint-blocking-to-firefox/ 24 comments firefox
- Chrome will block spammy ads around the world starting July 9th https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/9/18175601/chromes-ad-blocker-worldwide-july-google 18 comments technology
- Facebook Blocked an Ad for a March Against White Supremacy http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2017/09/25/facebook_blocked_an_ad_for_a_portland_march_against_white_supremacy.html 3 comments politics
- Firefox + uBlock - still better than Brave when it comes to blocking ads https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/6rcsae/firefox_ublock_still_better_than_brave_when_it/ 8 comments firefox
- Is Google Adwords is relevant in an Ad block society? https://www.reddit.com/r/marketing/comments/6f3xf0/is_google_adwords_is_relevant_in_an_ad_block/ 11 comments marketing
- Mobile ad blocking rose 90 percent last year, report says http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/31/11817476/mobile-ad-block-smartphone-pagefair-report 6 comments business
- The former CEO of Mozilla is launching a web browser that blocks all ads by default http://www.businessinsider.com/former-mozilla-ceo-brendan-eich-launches-ad-blocking-web-browser-brave-2016-1?op=1 153 comments linux
- Ad Blocking: A Primer http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/16/ad-blocking-a-primer/ 7 comments technology
- Mobile Operator Plans to Block Advertising Across Its Network, Unless Ad Companies Pay Up http://www.wsj.com/articles/mobile-operator-digicel-will-block-advertising-across-its-network-1443643593 3 comments technology
- Apple's Support of Ad Blocking May Upend How the Web Works http://www.wired.com/2015/06/apples-support-ad-blocking-will-upend-web-works/ 63 comments apple
- AD finishes one block short of a triple double. 26pts, 17 boards, 9 blocks, 3 steals! http://www.nba.com/games/20141028/orlnop/gameinfo.html?ls=slt 4 comments nba
- Researchers at Rice University and Penn State University have discovered that adding a dash of boron to carbon while creating nanotubes turns them into solid, spongy, reusable blocks that have an astounding ability to absorb oil spilled in water. http://phys.org/news/2012-04-nanosponges-oil.html 18 comments science
- Why is Facebook blocking ads for marijuana decriminalization? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/24/facebook-blocks-ads-for-p_n_692295.html 10 comments politics
- For the first time since the invention of ad blocking, I have made an exception; For reddit and it feels good. http://code.reddit.com/wiki/help/adblock 4 comments reddit.com
- Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2010/03/why-ad-blocking-is-devastating-to-the-sites-you-love.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss 710 comments technology
- About 65% of Reddit Uses Ad Block. http://www.codexon.com/posts/the-percentage-of-people-using-ad-block 41 comments programming
- An approach to fair ad blocking http://adblockplus.org/blog/an-approach-to-fair-ad-blocking 6 comments browsers
- EU regulators hit Google with €1.49 billion/US$1.7 billion fine for blocking ad rivals https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/20/eu-vestager-hits-google-with-fine-for.html 394 comments technology
- Google Chrome Will Automatically Block Annoying Ads http://adage.com/article/digital/official-google-chrome-ad-blocker/309238/ 16 comments technology
- This $70 wireless gateway now blocks ads for anyone who connects to it. The gateway plugs in to your home router and blocks potentially dangerous ads on the fly to every user connecting to it. http://www.zdnet.com/article/xonet-wireless-gateway-blocks-ads-for-any-connecting-user/ 131 comments technology
- I found a hosts file that can practically replace AdBlock. It blocks ~16,000 websites that serve no purpose other than advertising or being malicious. Blocks ads at the OS level instead of at the browser level. http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt 120 comments technology
- Sysadmins beware: Domain-attached PCs are sprouting Get Windows 10 ads (and shaming admins who block it) http://www.infoworld.com/article/3042397/microsoft-windows/admins-beware-domain-attached-pcs-are-sprouting-get-windows-10-ads.html 22 comments technology
- Vice urges advertisers to stop blocking 'Black Lives Matter' and related keywords | In one instance, an ad agency “representing a large entertainment corporation” sent Vice a block list that included “Black people” and “Black Lives Matter." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/vice-urges-advertisers-stop-blocking-black-lives-matter-related-keywords-n1232103 4 comments politics
- Apple Approves An App That Blocks Ads In Native Apps, Including Apple News http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/06/apple-approves-an-app-that-blocks-ads-in-native-apps-including-apple-news/ 26 comments apple
- How a banner ad for H&R Block appeared on apple.com—without Apple’s OK. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/how-a-banner-ad-for-hs-ok/ 10 comments apple