One of Google Chrome’s First Extensions: AdSweep
AdBlock Plus , an add-on that prevents advertisements from being loaded on web pages, is one of the most popular add-ons for Firefox. The non-profit Mozilla Foundation (whose corporate arm, Mozilla Corporation, does profit mainly from advertising) has never tried to thwart the add-on. For the maker of Chrome, Google, advertising is a much more serious business. The company makes billions of dollars in web-based advertising, and it definitely won’t be too happy when AdSweep , an ad-blocking extension for Chrome, becomes widely available.
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