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		frozenport on May 12, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wait, Google Sent Me Yeah and then you could extort people for money like the AD-Block guy!

fyrabanks on May 12, 2015 [–]

I haven't used AdBlock for a year or so now, but I'm fairly certain sure his model was donationware. Did something change recently?

0942v8653 on May 12, 2015 | [–]

The AdBlock Plus guy gets paid by companies to put their site on the "unobtrusive ads" list -- those ads don't get blocked for the majority of AdBlock Plus users.

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