#Adblock chrome software license

On September 13, 2014, the AdBlock team released a version for Firefox users, ported from the code for Google Chrome, released under the same free software license as the original Adblock. But take a moment to consider that in an increasingly information-driven world, when your right to digital privacy is threatened, so is your right to free expression.' Meanwhile, Simon Sharwood of The Register characterized Cubbage's position as ''You should control your computer except when we feel political', says AdBlock CEO'. Tomorrow, those spaces will be vacant again. The campaign was met with both praise and criticism, with AdBlock's CEO, Gabriel Cubbage, defending the decision in an essay on AdBlock's website, saying 'We’re showing you Amnesty banners, just for today, because we believe users should be part of the conversation about online privacy. On March 12, 2016, in support of World Day Against Cyber Censorship, and in partnership with Amnesty International, instead of blocking ads, AdBlock replaced ads with banners linked to articles on Amnesty's website, written by prominent free speech advocates such as Edward Snowden, to raise awareness of government-imposed online censorship and digital privacy issues around the world.

#Adblock chrome plus

Filter subscriptions can be added from a list of recommendations in the 'Filter Lists' tab of the AdBlock options page, or by clicking on an Adblock Plus auto-subscribe link. 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.

#Adblock chrome download

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 5 months ago ( ) (Google Chrome) Ģ.0 / February 28, 2023 5 months ago ( ) ĪdBlock is an ad-blocking browser extension for Google Chrome, Apple Safari (desktop and mobile), Firefox, Opera, and Microsoft Edge.