![]() Brave’s ads are also opt-in and the browser doesn’t show its own ads by default.įact III: Websites do not lose any more revenue via Brave than they would via uBlock Origin or any other adblocker. > Brave added an adblocker for one reason – to be able to detect ads in order to be able to replace them.įact II: Brave does not replace ads on websites, Brave’s ads are system notifications. My point still stands, what you say does not disprove it at all. > Enhanced Tracking Protection is a tracker blocker, not an ad blocker – the name should give you a clue, but yeah, let’s be disingenuousįirefox’s tracker blocking tracking blocking exists because they are too afraid to include an adblocker similar to uBlock Origin, Brave etc. Those API limitations are not applicable to native adblockers (like the one in Brave) as native adblockers are not extensions… For example, Brave does CNAME uncloaking: > I guess the developer of uBlock Origin knows more about the subject than you:įact I: This article just cites the extension API limitations of Chromium. Hill, who never accepted donations or compensation for his development work, is another core reason why the extension is as popular as it is right now. Many users hold uBlock Origin in high regard because of its memory and CPU effectiveness. Users may add more lists, for instance to deal with annoyances on the Internet. The extension blocks more advertisement but also trackers, miners, popups, malicious URLs and more by default. Hill calls uBlock Origin a "wide-spectrum content blocker" instead of an ad blocker. The Firefox version of uBlock Origin is considered the version that offers the best protection, as it supports protection against CNAME tracking, which the Chrome versions do not offer. To name a few improvements: blocking WebRTC from leaking IP addresses, removing elements permanently from webpages, blocking JavaScript by default, and addressing new tracking methods, such as CNAME tracking, Hill improved the extension over the years, adding features and improvements to it on a regular basis. The extension was created after Hill left the uBlock project that he created. The uBlock Origin extension was first published on Mozilla's extensions store in April 2015 by its creator Raymond Hill, known as gorhill online. As far as the number of reviews is concerned: uBlock Origin received more than 13200 reviews, thousands more than Adblock Plus' 8500 reviews at the time of writing. The average rating is 4.8 out of 5 on the Mozilla add-ons store, while Adblock Plus has a rating of 4.5 out of 5. UBlock Origin beats Adblock Plus in other metrics as well. If the trend continues, the gap between the two ad blockers will widen in the coming months and years. Mozilla reports that uBlock Origin crossed the 5.5 million users mark while Adblock Plus is sitting at 5.47 million users at the time of writing. I think that this can be done if they look at what those other products that I mentioned are doing better, learn from them, and start testing their products against those types of ad filled websites that I mentioned then Adguard could one day become the best, which I have been hoping for years now, they are not there yet.Now, uBlock Origin has surpassed Adblock Plus on the Firefox add-ons store, making it the number one Firefox extension in regards to user numbers. With either version of Adguard I have to waste time adjusting my settings & filters each time that I install them while uBlock Origin is mostly install & forget, so that is why I recommend it to others, or Brave Browser's built-in ad blocker ahead of Adguard which is my third choice.Īdguard for Windows can block ads at the operating system level, it wins in that area, only because uBlock Origin is only a web browser extension but if uBlock Origin ever gets a version that can filter ads at the operating system level, then it would win there too, hopefully Gorhill will make this reality one day, especially with Manifest V3 coming soon.Īnyway, I really do hope to see Adguard improve its default settings & default filters that are enabled on default and improve in its ad blocking (especially pop-up ads & overlay video ads et cetera) to uBlock Origin levels & beyond, and malicious / grayware / scam / adware / PUP / spam / et cetera website blocking to Malwarebytes Browser Guard levels & beyond. You can test this yourself by testing both against websites that are known to have ads, like bootleg streaming videos websites, streaming adult video websites, et cetera, or watch some tests that others have done on YouTube et cetera.Īlso, uBlock Origin has better default filters enabled, and available if you want to enable more. Click to expand.Yes, I think / know that uBlock Origin is better at blocking ads et cetera within a web browser than Adguard for Windows or Adguard Browser Extension or Adguard DNS Public DNS servers.
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