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AdBlock
Developer(s)
AdBlock, Inc (owned by eyeo GmbH)
Initial release
December 8, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-12-08)
Stable release
Chrome: 5.4.2 / February 21, 2023; 14 months ago (2023-02-21) (Google Chrome)[1]
Safari: 2.0 / February 28, 2023; 14 months ago (2023-02-28)[2]
Repository
github.com/betafish-inc/adblock-releases
Written in
JavaScript
Platform
Browser Extension
Available in
51 languages[3]
Type
Browser extension
License
GPLv3[1]
Website
getadblock.com
AdBlock is an ad-blocking browser extension for Google Chrome, Apple Safari (desktop and mobile), Firefox, Samsung Internet, and Microsoft Edge.[4][5] AdBlock allows users to prevent page elements, such as advertisements, from being displayed. It is free to download and use, and it includes optional donations to the developers.[6] The AdBlock extension was created on December 8, 2009, which is the day that supports for extensions was added to Google Chrome.[7][8] It was one of the first Google Chrome extensions that were made.[citation needed]
Since 2016, AdBlock has been based on the Adblock Plus source code.[9][10]
In July 2018, AdBlock acquired uBlock, a commercial ad-blocker owned by uBlock LLC and based on uBlock Origin.[11]
In April 2021, eyeo GmbH (developer of Adblock Plus) announced its purchase of AdBlock, Inc (formerly BetaFish, Inc).[12]
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^"An update on uBlock". ublock.org. July 13, 2018. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
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extension blocks video ads, interstitial ads, floating ads, pop-ups, banners, and text ads. It is also able to handle anti-AdBlock scripts. Adguard blocks spyware...
by AdBlock and resumed development. From February 2019, uBlock began allowing users to participate in "acceptable ads", a program run by Adblock Plus...
average by around 65% in Europe relative to the rest of the world.: 58 Adblock Advertising Advertising campaign Advertising management Advertising media...
to leave adblockers alone". ZDNET. Archived from the original on December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023. "Chrome Web Store – Adblock Plus (Beta)"...
Adblocking technology is problematic for companies and individuals looking to earn money by displaying advertisements alongside their content. Ad blocking...
nullify Adblock Plus' workaround again". TechCrunch. Retrieved August 13, 2016. "Facebook's War on AdBlockers Is Already Blowing Up. It only took Adblock Plus...
developers of Adblock Plus to attend their event, and refunded the money that Adblock Plus paid. The IAB did not disclose why they did not allow Adblock Plus to...
circumvented by NoScript and adblockers. AdblockerAd server, the technology that delivers most online advertisements AdBlock, a tool to prevent the display...
YouTube video downloader tools replacing Premium's downloading feature and Adblock removing the need to pay to remove ads. In February 2024, the YouTube Premium...
merchandise. On March 5, 2010, Ars Technica experimentally blocked readers who used Adblock Plus—one of several computer programs that stop advertisements...
the Firefox ad-blocking extension Adblock Plus after Maone released a version of NoScript that circumvented a block enabled by an AdBlock Plus filter...
May 2013. "AdBlock Plus teams up with Flattr to help readers pay publishers". TechCrunch. Retrieved 5 April 2017. "The company behind Adblock Plus is acquiring...
that block banners, for example Adblock Plus for Mozilla Firefox, or AdThwart for Google Chrome and ie7pro for Internet Explorer. The banner ad played...
AdAway is a free and open-source ad-blocking application for the Android mobile operating system. It was started in June 2011 by Dominik Schürmann but...
of startup incubator Founders Den, which has hosted companies including AdBlock, Spigot, and Docker. He is currently one of the co-founders of 8-Bit Capital...
AdBlock Plus on Android | Electronic Frontier Foundation Archived 2016-01-12 at the Wayback Machine Google removes Samsung's first Android adblocker...
YouTube application for Android with a built-in adblocker. Other features of the app included SponsorBlock, background play, free picture-in-picture (PiP)...
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