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I literally haven't seen anyone even mention it anywhere on the internet as if it never existed, when it comes to Ad blockers I always see uBO recommended with absolutely no mention whatsoever of ABP why? What makes it better than ABP? What happened to it? or maybe I'm wrong and ABP is not as well known as I think it is.

I have been using ABP for many years until someday don't remember when I switched to uBO because I read that it is "the best ad blocker".

I maybe need a history lesson as everything on the matter seems so vague to me and the whole situation is super weird

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

That's not at all the same situation. To even get close to similar we'd need to assume that we're getting either the console or the games for free. Even then it's still quite a road to even imperfect analogy.

In the current situation we buy every piece of that puzzle and are still locked out of modifications through obfuscation, proprietary knowledge, and security measures. So that makes the analogy even harder to sell.

It's more like ordering a package and being upset about the company's name appearing on the box/label/receipt.