dufferzafar

I've been using and Ad blocker ever since I've known about them. Previously it was Ad Block, but I now use uBlock Origin.

I was just reading an article on Wired when I noticed this [0], which got me thinking, should I whitelist them?

I felt I should, and if them, why not other sites?

The only way sites earn is by ads right, so If I like their content and don't view ads, am I 'cheating'?

[0] : http://i.imgur.com/MwkiyO1.png

I plan to build a Firefox extension that will find HN posts for the URL I'm currently viewing.

Something similar to: https://github.com/powerpak/hn-sidebar. http://tedpak.com/2013/03/20/hacker-news-sidebar-a-chrome-extension.

The way this extension does this currently is by using the Algolia API's query method and filtering out results that have the same url.

https://github.com/powerpak/hn-sidebar/blob/master/script.js

Is there a better way of doing this?