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The Adblockalypse is coming (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Spudwart to c/[email protected]

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[–] MrRazamataz 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Edge on (android, not sure about iOS) mobile has "Adblock Plus" built in that can be enabled. Sure, I'd rather UBlock Origin like on my pc but when/if that stops working on Edge desktop, I wonder if they'd add a similar built in thing to desktop...

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

firefox on mobile works with UBlock Origin

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

aka the real deal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

But not on iOS I believe

[–] MrRazamataz 1 points 1 year ago

yeah, I currently have both installed, mainly because I haven't been bothered to switch from Edge desktop yet

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You might want to read this: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/business/media/adblock-plus-created-to-protect-users-from-ads-opens-the-door.html

Adblock Plus, Created to Protect Users From Ads, Instead Opens the Door

in 2011, Adblock Plus was altered and became a tool that, instead of blocking bad ads, allowed ads it deemed “acceptable” to be seen, often for a price — a controversial move that has positioned it as a gatekeeper between advertisers and its huge user base.

“We are called Adblock Plus, and for branding reasons, we are not going to call ourselves something different. But if we could, we would call ourselves something like ‘web customizer,’ because that’s really what we want to do for our users.”

Unpaywalled version: https://archive.is/eIuNW

[–] MrRazamataz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is an option to disable allowing "acceptable ads", which seems better than nothing. Obvs can just use Firefox with UBlock Origin also lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least they includes that option, but calling their extension "Adblock" while also selling ads is a massive conflict of interest IMO.

[–] MrRazamataz 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I get that. Curious to how M$ handle it on desktop.

[–] sirfacefone 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's better than Chrome (which has no ad-blocker at all) but I find it doesn't block those insane pop-ups like uBlock on Firefox do. Kinda wish Microsoft would just bring their Add-on store on mobile Edge.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never thought I would become an Edgelord again!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Firefox Mobile has supported ublock origin for years.