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Products that do what Shut up and take my money..or F-U, Pay Me does
We recently launched an adblocking product which saves you data on your cellular and Wifi plans. As we were working on Datajoy, we also understood that for creative people, adblocking sucks big time. The more people block ads, the less ad revenue websites make. Well, we at Datajoy figured we would try to play fair by paying for content we currently view for free. We are calling it the "F-U, Pay Me" model (FUPM). You can set yourself up to receive payments from users of Datajoy with minimal effort (NO profile creation necessary!) by following the instructions on the FUPM page…
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2015 · github.com
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2018 · fuckyoubook.com
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2017 · adfree.life
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2019 · quid.works
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based on the idea from ctrl_freak's comment :) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4159644
2012 · paywall-killer.blogspot.com
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2020 · baitblock.app
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2020 · satotious.com
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built this as a joke. a friend bet me I couldn't make $1M off it by the end of the year. Currently at $5,010. Amazing it even worked
Jun 2026 · payfornoreason.com
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Hi HN! I built SkipCut it’s like an ad-free, distraction-free YouTube with useful extras: background play, SponsorBlock, dark mode, playlist support, local history, download/share buttons… and it works on any device. No install. No login. Here’s the best part: It works just by replacing "youtube" with "skipcut" in the video link. You skip all the boring stuff — ads, sponsors, intros, silence, filler and just watch what matters. Why it’s different: No comments. No suggested videos. No clickbait. I made this for my kid, I create a playlist and just send a SkipCut link like:…
2025 · skipcut.com
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Always been annoyed by podcast ads. Searched and found a few apps that can detect and skip them, but they were all paid. So I made a free one. To my knowledge this is the first podcast app with free ad block. iOS (26+) only for now. If the app becomes popular I'll def think of doing an Android version as well. The app doesn't require a user account. I may open-source it at some point; still thinking about it. If anyone's suspicious about how it's able to be free, i.e. doesn't it cost money to run, are you selling my data (I'm not) etc. I'm happy to explain in the comments. From a technical…
May 2026 · drea.fm
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2015 · getantelope.com
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Hi HN! Last year, my friend and I decided to build an app for splitting payments with friends. We were on a group vacation and trying to split a bunch of bills every day, but Splitwise's clunky UX and ads kept getting in the way. So we decided to build an app for ourselves that's simpler and just does what we need. We built Quicksplit as a side project - as always, building it took longer than we initially expected :) It's ad-free and always will be. You can add payments in different currencies, add friends (without them needing the app), and manage tabs for vacations, events, or living…
2024 · quicksplit.io
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Ads suck, but what else is there? We think the answer is us--as in all of us reading the web. We are using adblockers as a way to start a conversation with readers: support us somehow, either via ads, or with a "fair pass" system, such as http://www.Atri.me/. To show how this could work on websites, we created *.demo.fairtread.co ( for instance: http://www.mit.edu.demo.fairtread.co/ ... try with your favorite site.). When you visit the demo url with an adblocker enabled, you'll see a "payment required" message. If you inspect the network tab, you'll also see…
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