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Adblock minus?

Feb 1, 2015 6:49PM PST

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not adblock plus by itself.
Feb 2, 2015 4:29AM PST

there are a couple of addons that will will help block those ads. I also use adlbock plus popup addon and element hiding helper. also you need to make sure to unselect not to allow non-intrusive ads (paid ads)

one thing though, your link is a paid link too Happy cannot read the article without a paid subscription Happy

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It's public knowledge
Feb 2, 2015 7:01PM PST

But I would guess people have not been reading all the details:

Do companies pay you for being added to the list?
Whitelisting is free for all small- and medium websites and blogs.
However, managing this list requires significant effort on our side and this task cannot be completely taken over by volunteers as it happens with common filter lists. That's why we are being paid by some larger properties that serve non-intrusive advertisements that want to participate in the Acceptable Ads initiative.


Here:
https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads-agreements