adblocking
German Supreme Court dismisses Axel Springer lawsuit, says ad blocking is legal
Germany’s Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit yesterday from Axel Springer against Eyeo, the company behind AdBlock Plus. The European publishing giant (which acquired Business Insider in 2015) argued that ad…
Ad-blocking browser Brave signs up Dow Jones Media Group as a partner
It looks like at least one major news publisher is on-board with Brave, the ad-blocking web browser founded by former Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich. Brave Software and Dow Jones Media…
Google said to be planning a built-in ad blocker for Chrome
Google is planning to add an ad blocker to Chrome, its web browser, and to possibly turn it on by default for all users. That seems counterintuitive for a company…
Why the advertising industry needs to embrace AdBlock
The advertising industry is wringing its hands and shaking its fist at the use and growth of ad-block technology, but I am not above temptation. I installed it. I love…
Facebook rolls out code to nullify Adblock Plus’ workaround again
Adblock Plus launched a workaround to Facebook’s ad block bypass today that ham-handedly removes posts from friends and Pages, not just ads, according to a statement provided by Facebook to TechCrunch. “We’re disappointed…
With Brave Software, JavaScript’s Creator Is Building A Browser For The Ad-Blocked Future
Brendan Eich, creator of JavaScript programming language and former CEO of Mozilla, is working on something new — a web browser that will block ads (particularly the kinds that slow…
The Web-Tracking Tipping Point
With Apple’s content-blocker announcement, the way we see and understand our users on the web is going to profoundly shift. It doesn’t seem like a very big deal. Adblockers have…
Adblocking And The End Of Big Advertising
I have a confession to make as an internet writer: I block ads. It’s not a habit I formed recently – I have pretty much blocked ads my entire life, in…
