Adblock Plus, Created to Protect Users From Ads, Instead Opens the Door
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/business/media/adblock-plus-created-to-protect-users-from-ads-opens-the-door.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Many consumers reacted with vitriol online. "You either die a
hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the
villain," one Reddit user wrote in a thread of nearly 2,000
comments discussing the change. Reviews for Adblock Plus in
Google Chrome, which routinely yield five stars, showed a flood
of one- and two-star reviews after the announcement. "Who do
you think you are?" one user wrote. "The [I]nternet police?"
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