Content-blocker Crystal will whitelist some companies' ads by default<article>
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<p>The top paid app in the iOS App Store is the content-blocker Crystal, which took the No. 1 spot after developer Marco Arment
shut down his own content-blocker, Peace. But where Arment felt conflicted about being an ad-blocking arbiter, Crystal just worked out a deal to let certain companies’ ads through its filters—and it will be turned on by default when a future app update is released.</p><p>Dean Murphy, the developer behind content-blocking app Crystal, told the
Wall Street Journal that he will accept payments from Eyeo GmbH, the makers of desktop browser extension Adblock Plus, to let “acceptable ads” from some 70 companies appear in Safari. Those companies pay Eyeo, which in turn will pay Murphy a flat monthly fee. The news is surprising, because the
WSJ reports that Murphy has earned about $75,000 from sales of Crystal, currently listed at $0.99, in the last week.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2986245/ios-apps/content-blocker-crystal-will-whitelist-some-companies-ads-by-default.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Content-blocker Crystal will whitelist some companies' ads by default
