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Google, Microsoft and Amazon pay AdBlockPlus to unblock ads

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And here we are... that's why AdBlockPlus isn't reliable anymore. They started with helping the user getting rid of all the ad-ridden websites and now they are monetizing it (not that it is wrong, but there should be another way - they are crippling their product).

Currently I'm using uBlock on all browsers using EasyList blocklists on all browsers.

This seems to be a re-run of the story from June 2013: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2043847/advertisers-can-pay-a...

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