How much money does Adblock Plus make?

eyeo GmbH revenue 2015-2019 Eyeo GmbH – the company behind AdBlock Plus – generated a revenue of 47 million euros in 2019, nearly 11 million euros in comparison to the result from 2018. The company earns money with charging websites for access to their whitelisting program called Acceptable Ads.

How is Adblock Plus funded?

How is Adblock Plus financed? Our main source of revenue comes as part of the Acceptable Ads initiative, which is managed by an independent committee. Implementing the Acceptable Ads criteria is part of eyeo’s (the company behind Adblock Plus) attempt to pursue a different vision of online advertising.

Do Youtubers make money with Adblocker?

As far as I can tell, no, there is no revenue generated when a user uses AdBlock while watching videos on YouTube. Find a YouTube video that reliably shows an ad.

Why is Adblock Plus free?

Adblock Plus is a free extension that allows you to customize and control your web experience. Block annoying ads, disable tracking, block sites known to spread malware and lots more. For transparency, we add all Acceptable Ads to our forum so that our community of users can provide feedback. We listen to our users.

Is Adblock Plus any good?

Adblock Plus has a consumer rating of 4.71 stars from 7 reviews indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Adblock Plus ranks 61st among Software Other sites.

Is using an Adblocker on YouTube illegal?

In short, you’re free to block ads, but interfering with the publisher’s right to serve or restrict access to copyrighted content in a manner they approve of (access control) is illegal.

Is Adblocker allowed on YouTube?

YouTube Ad Blocking Options AdBlock blocks YouTube ads by default, and we provide powerful tools to customize how you block ads on YouTube. AdBlock is the only YouTube ad blocker with an easy-to-use option for allowing ads on your favorite channels, making it simple to support content creators.

Is Adblock Plus better than AdBlock?

In our tests, Adblock was slower in both Chrome and Firefox. The more tabs you have open, the slower they run and enabling and disabling Adblock while testing multiple tabs shows a slight but noticeable slowdown in browser speed. Adblock Plus copes better with multiple tabs and works very well in Firefox.

Is Adblock worth the money?

Sadly, we’re not that kind either. AdBlock is the third kind, a product supported by people just like you who pay whatever they think is fair for not seeing the roughly 1,500 ads we block for them every week. There’s no catch. We believe that people who love AdBlock will pay a fair price for it.

How does adadblock plus make money?

Adblock Plus generates revenue mainly through the Acceptable Ads program. According to the company, some users do donate, but the bulk of cash comes from the whitelisted ads licensing model.

What is the catch with Adblock?

There’s no catch. We believe that people who love AdBlock will pay a fair price for it. That’s why we make AdBlock available as “honorware”: Pay what you can, when you can.

What are ad blockers and why are they bad?

For publishers and advertisers, Internet ad blockers are a scourge. But the blockers also have to pay the bills. Save this story for later. Advertising pays for a lot of what you see on the Internet. This makes ad blockers a big deal.