> Website operators that want ads on their site added to the white list must seek permission. Although AdBlock Plus states that "no one can buy their way onto the white list", it does charge fees for what it terms "support services", the details of which are not made public.

So let's call a spade a spade; you can pay AdBlock Plus to review you, potentially adding you to a white list.

AdBlock does not allow the ads that we deem OK. it allows the ads that it deems OK that also pay it money. There's a big difference.

Edit: thanks dragonwriter

Adblock Plus whitelists all sorts of malware infested and annoying ad networks (for instance, Outbrain and Taboola). All they seem to care about is who will pay them the most money. I switched to uBlock and was reminded what a real ad free experience feels like.

I think their definition of annoying vs acceptable is probably not the same as yours. Which is a problem with this whole approach.