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pistoriusp · on Dec 8, 2015

Well... One of the best selling paid versions, Crystal, is going to allow companies to pay for "acceptable ads."

Personally, I think the people who paid for blockers were ripped off, there's nothing special or difficult in building a content blocker:

1. The majority of the value, the blocking list, it readily available and actively maintained.

2. Performance and integration into iOS is provided by Apple, you simply produce a format that Apple approves.

So what are you paying for? Marketing, packaging, and giving a 3rd party control?

s73v3r · on Dec 8, 2015

So why should anyone make a content blocker, unless they're someone with a mission to do so, like Mozilla or the EFF?

pistoriusp · on Dec 9, 2015

I get the feeling that you have some deep seated capitalistic ideals. Do you do anything that you can't make money from?

I can think of a few reasons to make a content blocker:

1. Improve privacy for users on the Internet.

2. Decrease cost and speed for people who pay for data, or have bad connections.

3. Challenge revenue streams of large corporations.

4. Fame.

5. Improve strangers lives.

s73v3r · on Dec 9, 2015

Those are good reasons. But I don't see anything about why one shouldn't be paid for it.