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Whenever the AdBlock Recovery paywall invites you to\n\"Turn off your AdBlocker\", click this button instead.\n\n## 2024 Update\n\nAs of January 7, 2024, this extension, untouched, works with a wide range of websites because the heuristic it uses to target the anti-AdBlock paywall is fairly robust.\n\nSome resistant websites have emerged, and I am actively investigating them. Please report specific URLs in the issues. Thank you!\n\nAs of February 14, 2024, I have added a new **STEROID MODE** which is activated when clicking the extension icon *a second time*. This mode is more aggressive and may work on websites that were previously resistant, as well as on websites which reject attempts to circumvent the paywall using the previous mode.\n\n## Install\n\n[Download this repository](https://github.com/jlumbroso/admiral-sucks/archive/master.zip),\nunzip, and drag the `admiral-sucks` folder to your Chrome extension panel\nat [`chrome://extensions`](chrome://extensions).\n\n## Why?\n\n[Admiral](https://www.getadmiral.com/adblock-recovery) is a company that makes\nmoney from helping web site monetize their content. They provide a variety\nof services, but one that is very distasteful is the _AdBlock Recovery_: First,\nthey show a website how much inbound traffic uses an adblocker; second, they\noffer to block such adblockers; third, they promise only to take 30% of new\nrevenue brought in from the paywall---therefore paying for itself!\n\nNews, especially local news, deserves to be supported. But [not at the expense\nof our mental health](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ulterior-motives/201008/what-does-advertising-do).\n\nAt the heart of the problem, the Internet offers us access to a wide variety of\ndifferent publications and websites. We do not want to have a full subscription\npackage to each of those, but would rather be able to purchase articles on a\nunit basis. This requires a micropayment infrastructure that has taken very\nlong to implement the right way.\n\nIndeed, a much more holistic solution to the problem of adblocking, is\n[Scroll](https://scroll.com/): Users pay a fixed subscription every month\n($5/month) and this money is distributed to all participating websites that\nthe user visits, prorated to the proportion of content consumed on each website;\nin exchange, the participating websites agree to not display any ads. This is\na win-win: In this way, users get a reprieve from advertisement while not\nhurting their wallet; and content creators obtain much more money than\nthey would with ads (and even more than they would with Admiral's AdBlocker\nRecovery).\n\n## License\n\nThis project is licensed under [The Unlicense](https://unlicense.org/).\nIt means you can do anything you want this, for whatever purposes, you don't\nhave to credit me, this project, or anything.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fjlumbroso%2Fadmiral-sucks","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fjlumbroso%2Fadmiral-sucks","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fjlumbroso%2Fadmiral-sucks/lists"}