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[情報] ADBlock日前遭未知買家收購已回收

看板PC_Shopping (個人電腦購買)作者 (永遠的御三家)時間11年前 (2015/10/04 12:21), 11年前編輯推噓35(35推 0噓 51→)
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原文: http://ma19.moe/SLaNW 標題: Adblock extension with 40 million users sells to mystery buyer, refuses to name new owner 內文: Adblock, a popular extension for blocking advertising in Chrome and Safari with more than 40 million users, was quietly sold today. The extension displayed a popup on October 1 saying that it is now allowing EyeO’s acceptable advertising — which allows advertisers to buy their way onto the whitelist — through the filter. "@aahaworth Tweet: " Was casually browsing earlier using Google Chrome, opened a new tab, and this "popped up: "http://i.imgur.com/jvtCLpx.png
Buried in the bottom of that message, however, was a more notable change: Adblock has been sold. What’s strange is that the company won’t disclose who it’s been sold to, why it was sold, or how much it was sold for. For the extension’s claimed 40 million users this raises an interesting question: Can the extension continue to be trusted if the new proprietor is entirely anonymous? TNW contacted Adblock’s remaining staff to ask if they’d disclose the buyer but the company refused, saying that the purchaser had specifically asked not to be named. The only thing the team would tell us is that the tool’s creator Michael Gundlach will no longer have any relationship with the company — that probably means he’s cashed out. Adblock’s previous director, Gabriel Cubbage, is now running things under the new owner. Since its launch in 2009, Adblock featured a screen that pushed users to pay for the use of the extension because it was classed as “honor-ware.” An ironic gesture, considering its existence technically deprives others of money. http://i.imgur.com/BjMdePK.png
Gundlach worked full time on Adblock after he quit his job in 2011, able to survive on the proceeds of donations from users prompted to ‘gift’ money toward the development when installing the extension. What’s interesting is six months ago Adblock changed its name suddenly to BetaFish Adblocker, claiming it was an “experiment.” BetaFish is the name of Gundlach’s holding company that owned Adblock and around the same time had applied for a US trademark on the word ‘Adblock.’ Support staff claimed five months ago that the company was not being purchased by someone or preparing for participation acceptable ad program, but the move may have pre-empted today’s deal. The name was later changed back to simply ‘Adblock’ without further explanation. The sale comes at an interesting time for publishers as the debate rages over whether adblocking will become widespread, as Apple has allowed iOS user to block ads on their mobile devices for the first time. For users of Adblock, the uncertainty over ownership of the Adblock extension is a reasonable concern, particularly if the new buyer has any sort of agenda with the purchase of the extension. Why would they keep their identity secret, if it’s a legitimate deal? It’s possible that the new owner simply wants to sit back and let the cash roll in, or was looking for a way to gain back some control. We’ve contacted Michael Gundlach for further comment on the sale and secrecy, but haven’t heard back at time of writing. 懶人包: 簡單來講就是Adblock已經賣掉了，某些網站的廣告開始不能被阻擋，而金額和買家也不清 楚，不過依他的概念和用戶數量這筆錢應該不是小數目。 這裡建議大家先把ADblock砍掉，換成開源的uBlock和MinMinGuard https://www.ublock.org/ https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/ublock https://github.com/chiehmin/MinMinGuard -- 作者 style001 (大師) 看板 joke 標題 [耍冷] 一家烤肉萬家香 時間 Mon Sep 12 22:54:55 2011
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10/04 12:31, , 1F
嘖嘖嘖嘖 不會被對岸買走了吧
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10/04 12:32, , 2F
擋我家游泳池風景 我就把你買下後拆掉
10/04 12:32, 2F
概念已經有了，要拆掉已經不可能了((菸
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10/04 12:35, , 3F
被廣告商集體用空殼公司買下？XD
10/04 12:35, 3F
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10/04 12:36, , 4F
MinMinGuard有pc版喔??
10/04 12:36, 4F
沒有PC版，那個是推給手機用的
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10/04 12:38, , 5F
還想我資訊太落後了xd
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10/04 12:50, , 6F
這跟 PC_Shopping 有啥關係
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10/04 12:50, , 7F
我不裝這種東西的，很多網站要生存
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10/04 12:50, , 8F
新聞看免費的youtube也是看免費的
10/04 12:50, 8F
3. 情報 各種電腦軟、硬體、採購相關新聞、資訊 照你這樣講前面微軟買Havok的似乎也不能貼 Yea 他們需要生存沒錯，所以設定裡有一個不封鎖該網域廣告的選項
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10/04 12:52, , 9F
一堆人不裝就等著被綁奇怪的東西
10/04 12:52, 9F
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10/04 12:55, , 10F
我都沒裝 反正廣告一下就過了 至少讓免費網站有錢賺
10/04 12:55, 10F
現在很多"免費"網站已經是沒有廣告了，實際例子就是SteamDB，以純使用者捐款來維持
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10/04 12:57, , 11F
不裝說為了廣告業者生存 未免有點自命清高
10/04 12:57, 11F
"嘿，我沒有裝ADBlock，我可以約X梗出去ㄘ晚餐嗎?"
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10/04 12:59, , 12F
免費軟體的開發者 也是廣告業者的生存吧？
10/04 12:59, 12F
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10/04 12:59, , 13F
不是自命清高 是怕免費網站倒掉後 沒免費的看
10/04 12:59, 13F
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10/04 13:00, , 14F
如果今天每個人都裝 你還有免費的APP可以用嗎？
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10/04 13:02, , 15F
之前有台電腦沒有裝adblock 導致一堆檔案被加密
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10/04 13:02, , 16F
沒有自命清高啊，我只是不裝而已
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10/04 13:02, , 17F
又有幾個網站可以靠捐款維持
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10/04 13:03, , 18F
懶得設白名單
10/04 13:03, 18F
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10/04 13:03, , 19F
你可以抵制太誇張的網站 但封死就是殺雞取卵
10/04 13:03, 19F
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10/04 13:03, , 20F
我又用道德來衡量這件事情，你裝你家的事情啊
10/04 13:03, 20F
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10/04 13:03, , 21F
我沒用
10/04 13:03, 21F
有沒有想過那是真免費還是假免費? 像MinMinGurad就是真免費，沒有廣告，你喜歡他就捐 為何會有廣告，講白了就是滿足使用者不想付錢的心態拉 今天大家都願意付錢"買"授權，還會有廣告的存在?
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10/04 13:04, , 22F
有的免空雖沒毒 但彈出的視窗確有毒
10/04 13:04, 22F
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10/04 13:05, , 23F
而且我沒說是為了廣告業者生存啊，PCDVD就靠廣告維
10/04 13:05, 23F
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10/04 13:05, , 24F
GOOGLE和FB也是靠廣告收入才能維持免費
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10/04 13:06, , 25F
PCDVD總不是廣告業者吧
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10/04 13:08, , 26F
對阿 問題根本原因 根本不是網站要靠廣告才能活
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10/04 13:08, , 27F
PCDVD沒廣告就不能活了啊
10/04 13:08, 27F
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10/04 13:09, , 28F
是大家習慣用無版權 導致某些原生甚至報版網站不得
10/04 13:09, 28F
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10/04 13:09, , 29F
要靠廣告才能活 不然哪來這麼多鋪天蓋地各種侵入式
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10/04 13:09, , 30F
在電蝦版講這個好奇怪
10/04 13:09, 30F
還有 18 則推文
還有 5 段內文
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10/04 15:13, , 49F
本版只能貼電腦硬體以及椅子相關文章，其他都不能貼
10/04 15:13, 49F
怪了前面微軟收購Havok沒人吭聲，怎麼ADBlock就有"這乾電蝦屁事"的推文?
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10/04 15:16, , 50F
plus是後來出現的，adblock最正統
10/04 15:16, 50F
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10/04 15:20, , 51F
所以是哪版被收購
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10/04 16:06, , 52F
我都用 ublock 清單來源全點滿 完全無廣告
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10/04 16:57, , 53F
看來我完全把這兩個搞混了XD
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10/04 16:57, , 54F
感謝指正
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10/04 17:46, , 55F
哪個擋得掉巴哈的FB廣告? 巴哈一堆廣告超煩的
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10/04 17:53, , 56F
巴哈的用adb就行啦，我檔了一堆
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※ 編輯: march55237 (122.116.43.4), 10/04/2015 18:31:34
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10/04 19:13, , 58F
所以到底哪個可以用 QQ
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10/04 19:13, , 59F
我認為廣告不該做成整個頁面式的
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10/04 19:14, , 60F
如果在兩旁或者最上欄我同意
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10/04 19:20, , 61F
我用Atom N270看個新聞 CPU使用率100% 我估計大概
10/04 19:20, 61F
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10/04 19:20, , 62F
95%都在算廣告 這一定哪邊怪怪的啊
10/04 19:20, 62F
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10/04 19:21, , 63F
現在的廣告真的很誇張
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10/04 19:29, , 64F
N270會這樣是正常阿
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10/04 20:10, , 65F
阿痛這樣是正常表現 效能過剩的人跑那了（？
10/04 20:10, 65F
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10/04 20:20, , 66F
火狐出現adblock plus時 chrome都還沒生出來 那個正
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10/04 20:20, , 67F
統啊？
10/04 20:20, 67F
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10/04 20:25, , 68F
ABP才是王道，Adblock靠Chrome用戶才有今天
10/04 20:25, 68F
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10/04 20:33, , 69F
我曾經也是支持不裝擋廣告軟體 直到我遇到25分鐘的
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全版廣告
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10/04 21:16, , 71F
被哪誰買都好..最怕被最毒的對岸買走
10/04 21:16, 71F
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10/04 23:19, , 72F
不裝adblock根本自虐好嗎 廣告多的不像話
10/04 23:19, 72F
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10/05 01:51, , 73F
原PO推薦的那兩個大家建議裝嗎，還是adblock plus就
10/05 01:51, 73F
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10/05 01:51, , 74F
好?
10/05 01:51, 74F
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10/05 02:00, , 75F
幹 我還donate過adblock 之前還講得多有信念三小的
10/05 02:00, 75F
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10/05 02:30, , 76F
這乾電蝦屁事的箭頭
10/05 02:30, 76F
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10/05 02:51, , 77F
巴哈是真的廣告多到拖慢網頁，裝擋廣告的攔他只是剛
10/05 02:51, 77F
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10/05 02:51, , 78F
好而已。
10/05 02:51, 78F
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10/05 02:53, , 79F
PCDVD的話，廣告已經夠少的了，像別的站甚至置入性
10/05 02:53, 79F
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10/05 02:53, , 80F
行銷更多，然後還會消毒，講不該講的就等著被刪帳號
10/05 02:53, 80F
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10/05 08:54, , 82F
樓上指的是類似01嗎？01因為是商業網站 所以不意外
10/05 08:54, 82F
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10/05 11:52, , 83F
有的網頁不裝Block應該看不下去……
10/05 11:52, 83F
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10/06 02:53, , 84F
這關PC_Shopping屁事阿 ADB難不成是鄉民採購項目
10/06 02:53, 84F
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10/06 09:09, , 85F
救救AMD.Apple.obov.Intel，不要管這種微不足道的
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事
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