AdBlock Plus is allegedly paying other apps to use its ad-blocking policy

TheWindBringeth · Sep 20, 2015

...if they are making apps for iOS 9... according to a French publication, InfoiGen.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/adblock-plus-acceptable-ads-policy-2015-9

According to the report, Eyeo is offering developers between €1,000 and €5,000 (£730 to £3,651 / $1,132 to $5,664) per month to support its "white list." Business Insider could not verify this figure with Eyeo, however. When asked about the report, Eyeo responded that "[it's] not entirely correct, no" but didn't specify what was incorrect.
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Ben Williams, a spokeperson for Eyeo, said Adblock Plus had "approached a number of independent developers who have expressed their intention to develop an iOS 9 ad blocker to see if they would consider including Acceptable Ads in their solution." He declined to address whether AdBlock had also offered them money.
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gorhill · Sep 20, 2015

He declined to address whether AdBlock had also offered them money.
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What a strange statement from the reporter. Why would the reporter asks this question to an Adblock Plus spokesperson? He declined to address because AdBlock is not related to Adblock Plus, so he can't possibly respond for them. Furthermore AdBlock has no "Acceptable Ads" setting last time I checked, so it makes no sense for AdBlock to play other developers to support "Acceptable Ads".

TheWindBringeth · Sep 20, 2015

Good catch. That might just be a typo/mixup that occurred while writing the article. Either way, clarification and/or correction would be beneficial.

harsha_mic · Sep 21, 2015

As per their blog, quoted below, ABP is indeed helping other small developers in integrating ABP acceptable Ads policy and paying some of their costs...

On a final note, in the passage above you might have picked up that Marco/Peace was working with Ghostery. There’s nothing sinister about that, as those of us in the ad blocking community share quite a bit with each other. Dean/Crystal is working with us at Adblock Plus on the Acceptable Ads integration. In fact we’re helping several developers out with integration logistics and even paying some of their costs when they want to incorporate Acceptable Ads. We’re proud to be able to help them, because at the end of the day we’re all fighting on the same side for consumers’ rights. We have this massive open-source effort that creates the EasyList and EasyPrivacy, and we want everyone (even our ‘competitors’, if you can even call them that, since our app is free) to enjoy the fruits of that effort. It’s the will of the people.
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And they are promoting Crystal app, as its incorporating ABP's Acceptable Ads policy.

So … the power is in your hands, people. Install Crystal … or wait for Adblock Plus for iOS … and, Peace out.
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I wouldn't be surprised even Purify App incoperates this policy...

Mrkvonic · Sep 21, 2015

I'm not sure I'm following.
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