Adblock Plus
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Adblock Plus (ABP) is a free and open-source[11][12] browser extension for content-filtering and ad blocking. It is developed by Eyeo GmbH, a German software company. The extension has been released for Mozilla Firefox (including mobile),[13] Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge (Chromium based version), Opera, Safari, Yandex Browser, and Android.
Developer(s) | Eyeo GmbH[1][2][3] Current CTO: Felix H. Dahlke[4] Former lead developers: Wladimir Palant, Henrik Aasted Sørensen, Michael McDonald | ||||||||||
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Initial release | October 23, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-10-23)[5] | ||||||||||
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Written in | JavaScript, XUL, CSS | ||||||||||
Type | Mozilla extension mobile app | ||||||||||
License | GPLv3 | ||||||||||
Website | adblockplus |
In 2011, Adblock Plus and Eyeo attracted considerable controversy over its "Acceptable Ads"[14] program to "allow certain non-intrusive ads" (such as Google Ads) to be allowed under the extension's default settings. While participation in the whitelisting process was free for small websites, large advertising companies were required to pay a fee in order for their ads to be whitelisted.[15][16]