I feel like the name of this product is a SEO manipulation to catch people trying to look for information on the Pi Hole. Overall shady manipulation on all fronts…
Considering the recent revelations about the shady, scummy and unethical business practices by Honey, I can’t say I’m surprised that one of the co-founders is doing more shady shit with their new endeavor.
I did a double take at first- PiHole, how could you!!
“From the founder of Honey.” Which means that stealing code and affiliate links is just the surface of shady stuff they are up to.
Who in their right mind would use this bootleg piece of shit when uBO exists?
Isnt that a GPL violation?
Yes, as mentioned in the first sentence of the article
Yes, it sounds like they were violating GPL.
The majority of ads on YouTube for the last 3+ months have been Pie, even after blocking dozens of them.
If you’re getting ads for an adblocker, it might be time to get an adblocker (but not that one).
It’s my work computer and extensions are blocked. 😔
Set your DNS to a pihole or some other ad blocking DNS server, that’s about the best you can do on a managed system
Oof, you gotta find that FBI post (might have a different 3 letter agency) said that adbock is required for safe browsing. Tell them users can’t click on malware ads if there’s no malware ads to click.
That seems to be this guy’s MO, judging from Honey. Sell an invasive browser add-on via intensive youtube ads and convince gullible people they’ll get free money from it
And then sell to a big company
Isn’t that illegal? What kind of license is uBO under?
Totally foolish. Either don’t use the code if the license doesn’t allow commercial use, or leave the license notice in place. It’s pretty straightforward.
