Adblock Plus and (a little) more
An Open Letter to UC Browser users · 2017-11-17 17:15 by Ben Williams
You may have heard that the huge Alibaba-owned UC Browser, which has some ad-blocking capabilities, was removed from the Google Play store. If you’re a UC user, or you were wondering why you can’t currently become one, we’d like to explain the situation and give you a little background.
Adblock Plus browser add-on gets comfy with Firefox 57 · 2017-11-06 15:00 by Rachel Brochado
As Firefox fans and users know, Firefox will release version 57 later in November. The new version of the browser will only allow add-ons that are compatible with the WebExtensions API, so the Adblock Plus development team has already been busy getting our award-winning add-on ready.
Let's celebrate - 20 years open source! · 2017-11-02 16:35 by Jan Oczenasek
Without the open-source community, there would be no Adblock Plus. Today’s most popular ad blocker was created from and within the open source community, one of the most innovative communities of the 21st century. With that said, we are proud to announce: we sponsor the Open Source Initiative.
eyeo happily announces: Flattr 2.0 launches to the public today! · 2017-10-24 10:55 by Laura Dornheim
Since we started working with the Flattr team a couple of months ago, our joint mission was to make funding great content as easy as possible. For publishers and content creators but mostly for all of you users out there who want to support the content you enjoy online.
The Flattr relaunch: What to expect! · 2017-10-10 14:00 by Laura Dornheim
*The release is finally happening! On October 24th, we will launch the new version of Flattr for the public. Here is a guide to the new Flattr, for creators, publishers, and contributors. *
Time to brace yourself, this is it. The evolution that aims to become a revolution. We have worked long and hard on relaunching Flattr as a product that has the potential to evolve the internet in just the way we wanted when we first launched Flattr. Our mission has always been the same: We believe creators need and deserve money, but on their own terms.
37,000 fooled after ABP imposter gets in Web Store; how to make sure you’ve got the real ABP · 2017-10-10 12:51 by Ben Williams
A phony Adblock Plus was on offer in the Chrome Web Store long enough for thousands of people to unknowingly get the bogus software. Google has since shut the fakers down. Here’s how to make sure you have the real Adblock Plus if you’re in doubt.
Our new fee structure · 2017-10-06 11:55 by Laura Dornheim
We are changing our fees and we want to do it in the most transparent way. We have split the fee in two: Creators that receive money will be charged a monthly fee of 7.5%. This is our fee for running Flattr. Plus, to start, a payment processing fee of 9%. This is our costs for the payment processing that is carried over to everyone that receives money. This will increase the fee of 10% we had prior to 2016* We would like to explain the reasons for this increase.
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.