Filters ĪdBlock uses the same filter syntax as Adblock Plus for Firefox and natively supports Adblock Plus filter subscriptions. The intent is to allow non-invasive advertising, to either maintain support for websites that rely on advertising as a main source of revenue or for websites that have an agreement with the program. Acceptable Ads identifies 'non-annoying' ads, which AdBlock shows by default. In the terms of the deal, the original developer Michael Gundlach left operations to Adblock's continuing director, Gabriel Cubbage, and as of October 2, 2015, AdBlock began participating in the Acceptable Ads program. Sales and acceptable ads ĪdBlock was sold to an anonymous buyer in 2015 and on October 15, 2015, Gundlach's name was taken down from the site.

After the one-month campaign, it raised $55,000. Gundlach launched a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdtilt in August 2013 in order to fund an ad campaign to raise awareness of ad-blocking and to rent a billboard at Times Square.

In April 2021, eyeo GmbH (developer of Adblock Plus) announced its purchase of AdBlock, Inc (formerly BetaFish, Inc). In July 2018, AdBlock acquired uBlock, a commercial ad-blocker owned by uBlock LLC and based on uBlock Origin. Since 2016, AdBlock has been based on the Adblock Plus source code. It was one of the first Google Chrome extensions. The AdBlock extension was created on December 8, 2009, which is the day that supports for extensions was added to Google Chrome. It is free to download and use, and it includes optional donations to the developers.

AdBlock allows users to prevent page elements, such as advertisements, from being displayed. 5.4.2 / February 21, 2023 2 months ago ( ) (Google Chrome) Ģ.0 / February 28, 2023 2 months ago ( ) ĪdBlock is an ad-blocking browser extension for Google Chrome, Apple Safari (desktop and mobile), Firefox, Opera, and Microsoft Edge.

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