uBlock Origin
An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.
- Free • Open Source
- Ad Blocker
- Privacy Tool
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What is uBlock Origin?
An efficient blocker add-on for various browsers. Fast, potent, and lean.
uBlock Origin is NOT an "ad blocker": it is a wide-spectrum blocker -- which happens to be able to function as a mere "ad blocker". The default behavior of uBlock Origin when newly installed is to block ads, trackers and malware sites -- through EasyList, EasyPrivacy, Peter Lowe’s ad/tracking/malware servers, Online Malicious URL Blocklist, and uBlock Origin's own filter lists.
uBlock Origin Features
uBlock Origin information
- Developed byRaymond Hill
- LicensingOpen Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
- Written in
- RatingAverage rating of 4.3
- Alternatives98 alternatives listed
Supported Languages
- English
GitHub repository
- 33,350 Stars
- 2,563 Forks
- 16 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
Tags
- Ad Blocker
- Firefox Extension
- Google Chrome Extension
- Security & Privacy
- Privacy Protection
- Privacy Tool
- icecat-extension
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The good • I love it. It is owned and supported by a friendly community. Not a corporation. More secure because its code is publicly available for review and contributions on GitHub at https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock • Easy to use. With both basic or advanced modes. • Lightweight on memory and CPU resources • More than 12 million users. Including 3.8+ millions users on Firefox and 8.9+ millions users on Chrome • Clear Manifesto: ......• The user decides what web content is acceptable or not in their browser. ......• The uBlock project does not support Adblock Plus' "Acceptable Ads Manifesto", because the "Acceptable Ads" marketing campaign is really the business plan of a for-profit entity. ......• Users are best placed to know what is or is not acceptable to them. uBlock's sole purpose is to give users the means to enforce their own choices. • Lots of features • uBlock Origin has a better track record at fully protecting your privacy, than AdBlock Plus (ABP). There is a controversy around ABP and its related for profit corporation trying to monetize ABP via ad whitelisting. Which means that corporation sales your privacy for profit :( Source at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adblock_Plus
The bad • Confusion with the names. Between "uBlock Origin" and "uBlock". For those not familiar with those names, uBlock Origin is better than uBlock. Mostly because as of May 2017 Ublock Origin is still actively maintained and updated. Source at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBlock_Origin Compare to uBlock which as not been maintained and updated for more than 2 years, since 2015, and is trying to monetize an open source project. Source at https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock
People who want adblock but don't do any research wind up with AdBlock Plus. Those that do a little digging will find that uBlock Origin is the best in pretty much every aspect.
Reply written ago
Wladimir Palant has made himself untrustworthy with his inane "acceptable privacy violation" defaults.
3rd party ads sell privacy for profit: this is ALWAYS UNACCEPTABLE.
ublock origin is the only remaining adBLOCK project with a focus on BLOCKING and safeguarding PRIVACY
Firefox addon now requires GitHub account in order to report missing filters...
And how is that different from before? You were never able to report issues without some kind of account?
You can post it on github or on https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/ , you can create a reddit account just by typing in a username and password, no email required.
Reply written ago
While I am a long time fan of AdGuard which seems to be the primary competitor of uBlock, after reading comparisons, I decided to run uBlock Origin at the same time which I heard could be done. One thing I notice quickly about uBlock is that it seems to do better at blocking nuisance overlays. It looks like uBlock Origin is doing a lot for me already, so it looks running both may be my plan for quite a while.
uBlock Origin like all Manifest V2 extensions is highly privileged and requires trust in the developer (Gorhill). Adblocking has virtually no privacy benefit as it is a form of enumerating badness which has been proven to not work. Third-party filters can insert malicious rules to steal your data. In general, it's recommended never to install any browser extensions as they increase attack surface and make you stand out. By using uBlock Origin, you are effectively worsening privacy.
Those who wish to have the convenience of blocking ads should consider using Brave browser, a VPN with adblocking capabilities, or uBlock Origin Lite (which is a Manifest V3 compatible extension).
Sources: https://www.ranum.com/security/computer_security/editorials/dumb/ https://portswigger.net/research/ublock-i-exfiltrate-exploiting-ad-blockers-with-css
It is the best. Its total filtering count is more than 600k. Dynamic filtering, full stop, seamless integration so on and so forth.
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Users have to create their own rules or use other addons like
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