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So what does the creator of Crystal consider "acceptable ads" based on this post? “Given how popular Crystal has become, it doesn’t provide any way for users to support publishers,” he said. “I decided that’s a good feature to provide, and from what I’ve seen the ‘acceptable ads’ policy doesn’t let through what I’d classify as bad ads.”

Why take money?



The acceptability of the ad is determined by how much the ad company is willing to pay him to let it through.


Looks like it's using the list from Eyeo (Adblock Plus) https://acceptableads.org/




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