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time to dig around in the Adblock Plus source and see what's behind that "Allow some non-intrusive advertising" checkbox.


There's no need to dig around in the source. AdBlock Plus is setting certain ad providers on its whitelist. In theory, the decision of who is whitelisted should be made by the community. But as a German blogger recently found out, Adblock plus owners and investors have connections to some AdProviders, and those are favored, while others are still blocked. The article in question: http://www.mobilegeeks.de/adblock-plus-undercover-einblicke-...


Right next to it, there is a link to whitelist. You won't have to do that much digging :)

https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/exceptionrules.tx...




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