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Mozilla Teases a Subscription-Based Ad-Blocking Firefox
Mozilla Firefox While its popularity has waned a little in recent years, Mozilla Firefox still remains a highly popular alternative to Google Chrome thanks to it’s far lower RAM intensive operation. It seems, however, that the foxy browser may be planning to release a brand new version for users to…
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Chrome’s Native Ad Blocker Goes Live for Mobile
News of Google implementing a native ad blocker for Chrome surfaced several months ago with divided response. Now it appears that it is finally live in Chrome’s Canary and Dev builds on Android. It sounds weird that Google, a company that makes money from advertising is implementing an ad blocker.…
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Opera’s Built-In Ad-Blocker Now Live
Not too long ago, the Opera browser has received native ad-blocking features that were made available to developers. From the looks of it, the testing sessions for this ad-blocker were quite successful, as the feature has been recently made available for all users on both desktop and mobile platforms. According…
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Ad Blocking Detection Could be Against EU Law
In recent months, there has been an organised reaction against ad blocking software from a number of high-profile websites, including Wired and Forbes, but a discovery by a privacy advocacy organisation may indicate that detecting user settings, like using an ad blocker, is against European Union law. Alexander Hanff, CEO…
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Publishers Issue a C&D Letter for Brave’s Ad-Blocking Browser
Ad blocking is causing some controversy once again it seems, this time thanks to Brave’s ad-blocking browser. Just in case you’re not familiar with this browser, you should know that it takes a slightly different approach when it comes to ad-blocking, as it doesn’t necessarily remove these ads altogether like…
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Microsoft’s Edge Browser to Feature Ad Blocking
Microsoft is actively trying to make Edge a better browser with each update, and it looks like the next major improvement for this admittedly quick browser concerns ad blockers. During a recent presentation of Build 2016, a certain slide showed that Microsoft plans to “build ad blocking features into the browser,”…
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Several French Websites Are Taking a Stand against Ad Blockers
Ad blockers are incredibly controversial right now, especially since there are numerous websites out there that are relying on advertising as their main income source. Therefore, it makes sense for these websites to speak out against these browser add-ons, but some of them have begun to take action recently, particularly…
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Maxthon Releases Windows PC Browser Designed for Faster Video Playback
Maxthon is a web browser for Windows, OS X and Linux, developed in China by the company Maxthon Ltd. Latest news point to the browser receiving an update aimed towards video playback, having features such as “AdSkipper” providing support for skipping through advertisements without slowing the video downloads. The company…
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