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The tests were conducted on an i5 760 4.0 GHz and 8 GB of RAM, running Windows 10.

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with No Adblocker, using AdBlock Plus with non-intrusive advertising ON, AdBlock Plus with non-intrusive advertising OFF and with uBlock Origin. To find out which extension use the least system resources, we conducted a tricky experiment where we loaded the homepages of popular technology and gaming websites on Firefox browser in 4 different ways – i.e. Although, if you prefer the simpler options then consider Adblock Plus. While both of the ad-block extensions will get your job done, uBlock Origin is good for the power users. UBlock Origin also lets you use 3rd party filters such as Fanboy’s Enhanced Tracking List, Dan Pollock’s hosts file, hp Hosts’s Ad and tracking servers among others – but if you choose to enable other filters, then do keep in mind that the memory and CPU utilization will also increase accordingly. While uBlock Origin offers a wide array of customizations options than it’s competitor – Adblock Plus. This is also the screen where you can turn off ‘Allow some non-intrusive advertising‘ – so if you uncheck this, you will get rid of the majority of advertisements, including ads from Google Adsense who are paying Adblock Plus to get through in a default manner. To bring up the settings page, right-click the extension and select options.Īdblock Plus only uses one filter list by default lets but you can always add more from the preference page. You can always find the advanced options in the options page of both extensions. We prefer the minimal layout of uBlock Origin. While Adblock Plus definitely has more features in its drop down menu. The extension’s other options are mostly useless unless you know what you’re doing – like inspecting page elements and listing request logs.

There is this large button to quickly enable and disable adblocking on the current website. UBlock Origin, on the other hand, has a simple interface. uBlock Origin does not have an official website, only a GitHub page.Īdblock Plus has a big, but simple interface, and you can do many things using it such as enable/disable ad blocking on the webpage you’re on, block single elements individually, check how many ads are being blocked on the page, go to the options to fiddle around with more settings, report if you are facing any issues on the web page etc. Also, you can enable additional different filters than other ad-blockers allow, and those are also included natively. Unlike Adblock Plus – which can be used on a variety of platforms, uBlock Origin is only available to use on Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Apple’s Safari browsers. UBlock Origin is another promising, open-source ad-block software, which claims to do everything which Adblock Plus does while using fewer system resources. It also supports all popular web browser like - Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari Thunderbird etc. In fact, there is also a ABP plugin for Firefox browser on Android. Adblock Plus doesn’t block all the advertisements by default, but only the intrusive ads like pop-ups. It was created to be a competitor to the then popular ‘Adblock’, and soon it has overtaken it by a huge margin.

Adblock Plus vs uBlock Origin #1 Popularity and Availability #Īdblock Plus is by far the most popular ad-block extension available on any platform. So, let’s find out who wins the battle of being the superior ad-block. We shall go through various aspects such as appearance, options, resources required etc, and in the end, you would know which one is better suited for whom. So, here we have an in-depth comparison between the two best ad-blocker available on the Internet – Adblock Plus and uBlock Origin. Therefore we suggest, you use Adblocker but also disable it on websites that have non-intrusive ads. It helps us to pay our bills and bring quality content to you.

But on the other hand, for many site owner (like us,) Ads are the major source of revenue. If you use Adblock, then you can avoid the frustration with long load times, flashing images, intrusive popup, stop websites from tracking you etc. Both of these are extensions are also available for the two most extensively used web browsers – Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

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But the harsh reality is – any advanced user installing a new web browser will inevitably head to the store section of the browser and install an ad-blocker as soon as possible.įortunately, there are plenty of ad-blockers available, but the two most popular ones are - Adblock Plus (not to be confused with Adblock) and uBlock Origin (not ).

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