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And if you don't want acceptable ads, use uBlock Origin:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa...

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

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My Block Ads! site https://blockads.fivefilters.org tries to detect your browser and recommend a suitable version of uBlock Origin. Links to Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari and Edge extensions. Intended to be an easy way to get friends and family to install for their browser.

How long until the ABP guys stop their generosity and either 1) incorporate its acceptable ads into EasyList (which they maintain) or 2) block every other ad-blocker from leeching off their lists. I predict former. There are already tons of white-listed rules in EasyList.

Until other ad blockers actually start to maintain their separate list, I don't see a reason to stop using ABP. Ghostery is the only extension that doesn't use EasyList as far as I know. But they too have their own telemetry tracking.

Sure looks like uBlock supports a few more lists than just easylist to me:

https://filterlists.com/

> How long until the ABP guys stop their generosity

EasyList is not owned neither maintained by Adblock Plus.[1]

Adblock Plus ("ABP"), like other blockers benefits from the work put into EasyList by volunteers.

[1] https://easylist.to/pages/about.html

Now recently made available for Safari! https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari

..and despite the Readme implying it may not be stable yet and it being prerelease I've found it flawless for the 2 or 3 weeks I've been happily running it!

And me for the past year or so!

Thanks for sharing! Long awaited.

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