Reviews for Adblock Plus
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Review by Firefox user 16380553
Rated 1 out of 5
by Firefox user 16380553, 6 months agoStops some sites working by making pop ups appear (eg: nosloq.com works when adblock disabled, but fails when enabled), lots of websites have pop-ups it is no longer stopping and you cannot even "select element" to manually block them now".
It's better than nothing, but it is time to find something better - I think they are chasing money now, rather than providing awesome service. Both is ok, but I think they have the balance wrong now.
*** EDIT ***
No, the nosloq.com do not have an anti-ad blocking device in place - other than warning people it can cause issues.
The pop-up is just to let people log-in, but if they don't have an account they just need to click it off - so then can register instead.
If you use the site WITHOUT adblock - it works.
If you have ad block on, the pop-up just re-spawns. It is not a deliberate issue at their end - as when I spoke with them, they say you ARE aware of the problem - but just blamed it on problems with "filters".
The "legal way" to solve the problem here is to correct the filter that makes a single-show login popup, become a relentless re-spawn problem.
I have seen other sites do something similar too - it works fine (without any ads) without you - but if adblock is enabled it just breaks the site.
It's better than nothing, but it is time to find something better - I think they are chasing money now, rather than providing awesome service. Both is ok, but I think they have the balance wrong now.
*** EDIT ***
No, the nosloq.com do not have an anti-ad blocking device in place - other than warning people it can cause issues.
The pop-up is just to let people log-in, but if they don't have an account they just need to click it off - so then can register instead.
If you use the site WITHOUT adblock - it works.
If you have ad block on, the pop-up just re-spawns. It is not a deliberate issue at their end - as when I spoke with them, they say you ARE aware of the problem - but just blamed it on problems with "filters".
The "legal way" to solve the problem here is to correct the filter that makes a single-show login popup, become a relentless re-spawn problem.
I have seen other sites do something similar too - it works fine (without any ads) without you - but if adblock is enabled it just breaks the site.
Developer response
posted 6 months agoHello,
thank you for contacting Adblock Plus.
Some websites indeed have an anti ad blocking wall in place, which requires users to disable their ad blockers to access the page.
Websites are in their right to request this, though we believe it is an extremely intrusive practice. We cannot legally stop it but we are constantly exploring legal ways to combat this.
thank you for contacting Adblock Plus.
Some websites indeed have an anti ad blocking wall in place, which requires users to disable their ad blockers to access the page.
Websites are in their right to request this, though we believe it is an extremely intrusive practice. We cannot legally stop it but we are constantly exploring legal ways to combat this.
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