{"id":37791,"date":"2013-03-20T20:55:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T18:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=37791"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:33:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:33:47","slug":"adblock-plus-now-available-as-a-direct-download-offers-automatic-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/adblock-plus-now-available-as-a-direct-download-offers-automatic-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Adblock Plus now available as a direct download, offers automatic updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"adblock plus direct download\" href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/adblock-plus-now-available-as-a-direct-download-offers-automatic-updates\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-31077\" title=\"adblock plus icon\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/icon2.png\" alt=\"adblock plus icon\" width=\"124\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a>A week ago, Google quietly removed all ad-blocking apps from its Google Play Store. Android has long been known as the &#8220;open&#8221; platform for smartphone users to install whatever they want. This move by Google has infuriated many Android users who think Google is turning away from Android&#8217;s open roots.<\/p>\n<p>Developers like <a title=\"adblock plus review\" href=\"http:\/\/adblock-plus.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adblock Plus<\/a> aren&#8217;t taking things lightly and have begun offering their app as a direct download from their site. Android users will have to enable installing apps from &#8220;unknown sources&#8221; in the setting but the rest will be easy. Users won&#8217;t even need to type in a URL on their phone as Adblock Plus provides a QR code for users to scan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37798\" title=\"adblock plus qr code install\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/03\/adblock-plus-qr-code-install.jpg\" alt=\"adblock plus qr code install\" width=\"600\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/03\/adblock-plus-qr-code-install.jpg 600w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/03\/adblock-plus-qr-code-install-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Changes in this version of Adblock Plus include the ability to automatically update the app, something Facebook is currently experimenting with. Here&#8217;s the full changelog:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Implemented automatic updates<\/li>\n<li>Added a dialog to help with the manual proxy configuration<\/li>\n<li>Separated filtering and proxy activation settings to avoid loss of connectivity after manual configuration<\/li>\n<li>Switched to the Holo user interface theme<\/li>\n<li>Improved icon hiding<\/li>\n<li>Implemented a workaround for a Chrome issue causing blank pages<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue with URLs containing apostrophes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While it&#8217;s a minor annoyance to have to sideload Adblock Plus, it&#8217;s nice to see the company standing behind its product and providing its users with a means to continue using Adblock Plus.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"adblock plus\" href=\"http:\/\/adblockplus.org\/releases\/adblock-plus-11-for-android-released\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adblock Plus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A week ago, Google quietly removed all ad-blocking apps from its Google Play Store. Android has long been known as the &#8220;open&#8221; platform for smartphone users to install whatever they want. This move by Google has infuriated many Android users who think Google is turning away from Android&#8217;s open roots. Developers like Adblock Plus aren&#8217;t &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/adblock-plus-now-available-as-a-direct-download-offers-automatic-updates\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Adblock Plus now available as a direct download, offers automatic updates&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":37798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2576],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-37791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionadblock"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333219,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37791\/revisions\/333219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37791"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=37791"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=37791"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=37791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}