Please Stop Using Adblock (But Not Why You Think) – Samuel Ricks – Medium
▻https://medium.com/@trybravery/please-stop-using-adblock-but-not-why-you-think-13280e76c8e7

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Need more proof ? uBlock Origin is a free and open-source alternative which also maintains its own filter list. Here’s what they have to say :

Free. Open source. For users by users. No donations sought.
Without the preset lists of filters, this extension is nothing. So if ever you really do want to contribute something, think about the people working hard to maintain the filter lists you are using, which were made available to use by all for free.
I couldn’t have said it better myself.

It should be noted that uBlock Origin and uBlock are not the same thing. There was a fallout with the developers of the original uBlock, and the original coder Raymond Hill decided to make his own version, called uBlock Origin. Since then, the other partner Chris AlJoudi (who owns uBlock) has made some questionable decisions.

Long story short, use uBlock Origin, NOT uBlock. uBlock Origin has no association with uBlock.org.

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