On Sunday 16 Jul 2017 20:40:17 [email protected] wrote: > On 07/16 07:35, Mick wrote: > > On Sunday 16 Jul 2017 20:08:03 [email protected] wrote: > > > PS: > > > > > > Found here: > > > https://gigaom.com/2014/05/11/not-all-ad-blockers-are-the-same-heres-why > > > -the -effs-privacy-badger-is-different/ > > > > > > "Ghostery makes money by tracking the trackers while blocking them and > > > selling data about third party trackers, which it calls Ghostrank. > > > Disconnect takes a pay-what-you-want approach, but it is still > > > developed by a for-profit company founded by a former Google engineer. > > > Adblock is donation-supported, but many users confuse it with > > > ***>Adblock > > > Plus, which has generated controversy for having advertisers pay to > > > land on a whitelist <*** . While Adblock and Adblock plus allow users to > > > add upload their own blacklists and whitelists, Ghostery and Disconnect > > > do not even allow users to add new filters." > > > (marks be me are not part of the citiation) > > > > > > Cheers > > > Meino > > > > I tried to configure Chromium to stop loading adverts on a particular > > website. After half an hour of fighting with embedded > > frames/JavaScript/etc. eventually I managed to block half a dozen CDNs > > and add servers. A week later to my surprise I saw adverts loading again > > when I visited the same website! What the ... ? They are rotating CDN > > addresses and domain names, probably to make user attempts to block their > > payload futile. > > > > What annoys me most is websites which download GB of advertising videos > > and > > won't stop whatever you try. Some will continue to download c*ap on your > > PC even after you leave the page! Chromium has a setting to block this, > > but I have not tested it to see whether it works as ... advertised. :-) > Hi Rick, > > "Chromium" is based on Googles "Chrome", isn't it? > Is Chromium 100% Google-free? > Or does is only changed big brothers name? > > Sorry for being so pessimistic... > > Cheers > Meino
I assume by "Rick" you refer to me, but either way, this explains the differences: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/chromium_browser_vs_google_chrome.md -- Regards, Mick
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