Adblock versus uBlock

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Adblock versus uBlock

Post by Keybounce »

So a real simple question: Which should I use?

From what I understand, uBlock is essentially a re-write of AdBlock from scratch, and they are equivalent. But I'm not even sure that this is correct.
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Post by LanikSJ »

Actually uBlockOrigin is quite different: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/ ... philosophy

uBO creator [mention]gorhill[/mention] frequents this forum from time to time.

AFAIK Adblock just blocks ads.
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Post by intense »

uBo has a lot of extra weapons (especially if you visit "weird" sites - movies, porn, etc) , so ... choose it.
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Post by adler2017 »

Does the uBlockOrigin replace combination:
Adblock Plus + Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus + RequestPolicy + RefControl
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Firefox 52.6.0 (64-bit); uBlock Origin 1.16.2 (built-in uBlock filters; AdblockWarningRemovalList; EasyList; EasyPrivacy; Malware domains; Peter Lowe’s Ad and tracking server list; RUS: RU AdList); Greasemonkey 4.1 (RU AdList JS Fixes); NoScript 5.1.8.4
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Post by intense »

For adblocking goal you can use uBo (EHH was - now is dead - stronger for hiding filters but nothing to do for now as FF changed its addons framework)
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Post by -Mark- »

Just use both one by one and see which one works out for you.
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Post by jbclem »

I use both because Adblock Plus (or Adblock latitude) has an element blocker that works better for me. Especially when trying to block a small element in the lower right corner, since the uBlock "create" window always blocks anything in the lower right corner so it's useless in some element blocking scenarios. If it wasn't for that I'd probably go with uBblock.
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You shouldn't be running 2 ad blockers at the same time. That could lead to some unexpected results as they start to interfere with one another.
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