i just did a search on google play and found tons of ad blockers. it seems google has removed ad blockers those block admob, not others. if you search, you will find popular ad blockers like airpush detector. also i found a really funny ad blocker.
Great news ! People need to realise apps (free or not) cost money to develop, and the developers deserve to get paid for their work. In no other profession you get services / goods for free.
P.D: Obviously the current “ad haters” will keep their adblockers installed, but this will prevent most (not all) new users from knowing about those apps.
Probably adBlock which used a security hole to change users proxy was the tipping point for this decision. Both adFree and adBlock seem to be gone - they were probably the most popular. To be honest I myself used them from time to time (some games for children had too large ads).
Honestly, I think it’s reasonable. Because there are also so many free apps on markets, the developers who worked hard to develop these apps are deserved to get paid through ads… Some ad block apps are just going too far to prevent developers earning their money…It’s not fair.
Well, adblock used a security hole for example (ability to change proxy to all apps on the device - it could be used for pishing easily). No wonder they got banned.