Adboost
Productivity
browser extension
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How HN took it
7 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 17 critical, out of 44 comments about the project. Thread score -0.21.
Idea: 6 for, 8 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Seen as an honest product that admits it injects ads, unlike others
From 1 comment
Finally, an honest product. Every other browser extension that injects ads into your pages pretends it isn't doing that.
srinath693 on HN
Objections
Ads shown are fake or spammy; a scam-like ad injector concept
From 2 comments
Unfortunately the ads are fake
darepublic on HNSeems like every website ever is using this by default already
dankobgd on HN
Pricing joke about paying to remove ads
From 2 comments
Thanks. I never knew how much I needed Weather Premium until now.
ronsor on HNCan I buy a subscription to get rid of the ads?
baxtr on HN
Requests
Support for auto-playing video ads
From 1 comment
I've been waiting for something like this for ages. Hope there's auto-playing video ads too
catchmeifyoucan on HN
Support for popups
From 1 comment
Is there planned support for popups ?
rvnx on HN
Questions
Who earns money from the clicks?
From 1 comment
But who do earns money from the clicks? I would like to give this to people who argue that you shouldn't use ad blockers because ads help the website's owners financially and…
gitaarik on HN
Can you buy a subscription to remove ads?
From 1 comment
Can I buy a subscription to get rid of the ads?
baxtr on HN
Alternatives named
AdNauseam auto-clicks ads
From 1 comment
Adnauseam (https://adnauseam.io/) does this
rahimnathwani on HN
AllAdvantage paid users to show ad banners
From 1 comment
This reminds me of a company my best friend’s brother worked for, alladvantage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllAdvantage They paid you to put a little ad banner at the bottom…
cortesoft on HN
Other scammy browser extensions that inject ads
From 1 comment
Pretty sure I've removed scammy browser extensions that injected ads before, so this probably isn't "the only browser extension that adds ads to webpages".
mitkebes on HN