(2015-09-17) Ad Blocking

It seems like Ad Blocking has become a bigger idea since the Instant Articles launching raised the user-cost of ads, esp on Mobile.

Then in June it was announced that IOS-9 would include hooks to support Ad Blocking.

Marco Arment wrote about the ethics of Ad Blocking.

And now he has launched his own "Peace" Ad Blocker, which license the Ghost Ery database.

• Update: it shot to the top of the AppStore, then Marco pulled it!

The Blend Le folks think Micro-Payments has a fresh chance.

• Charlie Stross asks who's going to get Micro-Payments to work (besides Apple Computer and Google). I Commented, mentioning FaceBook, Amazon, StripeCom, Brain Tree/PayPal...

Albert Wenger counters that Crowd Funding/Patronage is more likely.