WIRED to Ad Blockers: Whitelist Us or Pay Up

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Last week WIRED announced a bold plan to block ad blockers and to hopefully convert WIRED.com readers into paying customers. WIRED will offer ad blocker users two options: 1) whitelist the website so ads can be shown, or 2) subscribe to an ad-free version of WIRED.com for $3.99 a month, or $1 a week. For those who choose the whitelist option, WIRED promises to keep the ads “polite” and will only present standard display ads.

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