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Adblock Plus: The Nuclear Plug-In
Sep 7, 2007, 01 :30 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (6639 reads)

(Other stories by Nicholas Carr)

"Adblock Plus, the Firefox browser plug-in that erases advertisements from web pages, is a killer of a killer app--or at least it could be if it ever becomes widely popular. Right now, it sits like a coyote at the edge of the net, quietly eyeing all the businesses it would happily devour.

"The plug-in, writes Noam Cohen in today's New York Times, has the potential to be an 'extreme menace to the online-advertising business model...'"

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but RIP ("Remove It Permanently", which  ...   Yeah, it's a DELIGHTFUL killer....   
Rick Stockton
Sep 7, 2007, 04:40:22
 
If advertisers stuck with text based ads ...   text ads arn't so bad   
avn
Sep 7, 2007, 12:40:46
 
I have an 11 year old son that is "disco ...   Adblock is very nice   
Hans
Sep 7, 2007, 15:19:08
 
Even though ads are generally annoying,  ...   Ads pay for better web pages   
Stomfi
Sep 8, 2007, 03:24:21
 
nobody forced you or those companies to  ...   ads helps pay the hosting bill ?   
rabid hamster
Sep 9, 2007, 00:37:34
 
>> There is another effect where ad comp ...   Re: Ads pay for better web pages   
Jose
Sep 10, 2007, 21:16:05
 
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