There are rumors the giants Microsoft, Google and Amazon are paying Adblock Plus for some of thier ads to get whitelisted(run).
View http://www.networkworld.com/article/288 ... -them.html
I am a user of Adblock Plus.
Rumors Adblock Plus Receiving Payments
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darth
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ABP devs have been doing this for a while 
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Yeah but you can still block those ads. They just have an option to allow certain unobtrusive ads to show if you want.
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That actually explains a lot. Just this evening, I did a search for a local pizzaria and, all of a sudden, a full page Pizza Hut ad, folded into a paper airplane came flying through my window. I looked out and saw a Google Maps Street View car speeding off. 
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Re: Rumors Adblock Plus Receiving Payments
that explains to all us "Money can get thing DONE"darth wrote:There are rumors the giants Microsoft, Google and Amazon are paying Adblock Plus for some of thier ads to get whitelisted(run).
I am a user of Adblock Plus.