Adblock Plus and (a little) more
Network effect: Flattrs without known receiver · 2017-10-05 13:59 by Laura Dornheim
How the Flattr network effect works, and answers the big question “will people actually pay for content online?”
One of the core problems with Flattr has always been to prove to creators and publishers that people do want support their creations with money. We can claim that is the truth as much as we want, but in the end it’s still just a sales pitch for our product. We needed a way to actually prove it, and now we can.
The Story about the new Flattr – The Flattr enabled list · 2017-09-27 14:00 by Laura Dornheim
Today it’s time for another of our core values when it comes to product design: user control. More specifically, control of what gets flattred. User control is very important to us, so we had to approach it in a serious way. Giving control in a product that is supposed to be automatic is not an easy task. It’s about you trusting the product, but still being able to change how it behaves. Simply put, you should control what sites to use Flattr on.
Consumers again declare independence from relentless Facebook ads · 2017-09-26 17:55 by Ben Williams
Thanks to the open source community making new ad filters, plus an update to ABP for Chrome and Opera, you can block ads on Facebook again … for now. We don’t suspect Facebook will back down from its stance against content blockers — not just ABP, but all of them — and the people who want to use them.
Adblock Plus 1.13.4 for Chrome and Opera released · 2017-09-26 15:39 by Hubert Figuière
Install Adblock Plus 1.13.4 for Chrome
Install Adblock Plus 1.13.4 for Opera
This release features improvements to the emulation filters, which allow to block ads on Facebook again. It also includes some bug fixes and changes under the hood.
Changes
- Properly handle hiding emulation in dynamically generated content (issue 5000 and 5438).
- Properly select the element when selecting pseudo-elements style properties in hiding emulation filters (issue 5339).
- Fixed some issue with
:-abp-has()(issue 5436 and 5422). - Fixed an issue that caused added custom filters to show up twice in the options (issue 4978).
- Improved user notifications (issue 5558, 5460 and 5459).
Kicking out Cryptojack · 2017-09-21 19:05 by Ben Williams
Did you read about how The Pirate Bay was playing around with a tool that would use your CPU as fuel for it to mine cryptocurrency? Maybe you’re cool with that. Probably you’re not. If not, here’s how to prevent it from happening.
Adblock Browser 2.0.0 for iOS released · 2017-09-19 14:28 by Mario König
Install Adblock Browser 2.0.0 for iOS
Changes
- Introduced a completely new user interface and an improved user experience. (Issue 4706, Issue 4707, Issue 4736, Issue 4737, Issue 4738, Issue 4739, Issue 4741, Issue 4742, Issue 4743, Issue 4745, Issue 4745, Issue 5122)
- Introduced Ghost Mode for private browsing. (Issue 4744)
- Fixed minor bugs and introduced stability improvements. (Issue 5485, Issue 5486, Issue 5494, Issue 5532)
Release the Kraken! Adblock Browser 2.0 for iOS emerges from the deep · 2017-09-19 14:00 by Aaron Thornburgh
We’ve been busy building the next release of Adblock Browser for iOS devices. Today, Adblock Browser 2.0 is live in the App Store. Learn about all the new features and why they matter. Or, just visit adblockbrowser.org to download it now.
Web Extensions builds are now the official Adblock Plus for Firefox development builds · 2017-08-24 13:43 by Wladimir Palant
A while ago we announced our plan to migrate to the Web Extensions platform. With the current Firefox nightly builds being incompatible to classic add-ons already, we need to move a bit prematurely. So starting with Adblock Plus 2.99.0.1814 development build, our development builds will be using the Web Extensions platform. If you are on Firefox 57, make sure to install the latest Adblock Plus development build and it will be working again.
Three’s the charm. 3 publishers lose 3 lawsuits on appeal · 2017-08-17 15:09 by Ben Williams
We just received news that the appellate court in Munich, Germany decided in favor of Adblock Plus and eyeo in three separate cases brought by RTL Interactive, ProSiebenSat.1 and Süddeutsche Zeitung. Each case was an appeal, so this is the second time in each case (see here and here for the first times) that the court has ruled against them and in favor of users.
Adblock Browser 1.2.0 for Android released · 2017-08-17 09:42 by Diego Lima
Install Adblock Browser 1.2.0 for Android
Changes
- Improved app look and feel and UX (Issues 2512, 2513, 2606, 3199, 3769, 5005, 5469 and 5470).
- Updated ABP extension and improved integration with the app (Issues 2853, 3070, 3247 and 4278).
- Improved translations (Issue 5451).
- Fixed an issue that would cause the virtual keyboard to not show up (Issue 3831).
- Several fixes that improves performance and stability (Issues 3668, 3820, 4889 and 5423).