Fanboy finnally merged with Adblock easylist

[Flasche]

Title states all. Supposed to happen in 2012 (december) but happened sometime between (feb 5 -15 of 2014 "obviously")

Merging of filters with Easylist
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For the last few months we've been in discussions with Easylist for a potential merger to simplify the install process.


Why
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As much as I've enjoyed rolling out my own subscription, supporting it costs plenty of time, and cash. Adblockplus guys are wanting to simplify the install process, so to avoid making a scene and have it benefit the entire Adblock community we'll merge the subscriptions. Things may've been different if we (Fanboy subscription) had more authors, but when you're getting many submission requests a day, thousands of reports also and only so much time to process and audit them its a never ending battle.

Filters used by Easylist and Fanboy weren't that much different between subscriptions. We have been going through comparisons of filters to see what best fits a merged list.

No doubt some people feel that I have abandoned them, I haven't. We're just trying to pull in more resources together, to reach a common goal. The fanboy list is open source (GPL and Creative Commons), you're free to fork it.



So what happens now?
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It will take time to complete the merger, but the Main Adblock list will be the priority..

Main list: merge filters

Tracking filter: Will be merged into Easy privacy after the main list is done

Annoyance Filter: will be kept, and supported

Ultimate/Complete: Will be kept and supported, with replacement of merged lists

Enhanced Tracking Filter: will be kept and supported, any generic fanboy tracking filters will be moved here.

Regional: Will supported separately for existing users for the time being. Open for anyone to take ownership of a regional list if people are keen to help out, else we'll redirect to Easylist supported supplemental lists.

Opera urlfilter/css: Seperately supported, converting from the Merged lists.

Forums: will remain open for the time being.

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Note: All new Adblock filters are now merged into Easylist (merged), see information on merger

Edited February 15, 2014 by Flasche