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Again, can't sum up in two words, but can sum it up in two points. This would be better because: * It's by Mozilla, and it's more likely (probability wise) to

Again, can't sum up in two words, but can sum it up in two points. This would be better because: * It's by Mozilla, and it's more likely (probability wise) to be maintained and kept up-to-date than those that happen to be a single person's hobby project. * I believe that big players in the web like Mozilla and EFF (eff.org) really fight for us, the common people. :) The more these things become popular, especially from bigger names, the better the chances of the whole ad-tracker-privacy ecosystem to improve for our good.

mikeash 11y ago
The "two word" thing is a joke, but your two points are pretty good. The combination of "maintained by decently large organization" and "non-evil" is probably unique in this space.
profeta 11y ago
what about besides "known household name"? any technical merit? anything you know you do better than the alternative, for a fact? and in the process of fairness, any other blocker doing anything better that you plan to add to yours?
- newscracker 11y ago
  Technical merit? I don't really know. This is based on the open source tracker list from Disconnect (disconnect.me). FWIW, I was never into paying for an ad-blocker on iOS since that comes with its pitfalls. I have tried a couple of other free ones, and I did like Adblock Fast [1], the one I was using until Focus by Firefox and the one I still have. It's open source and is available for Chrome (not iOS), Opera (not iOS) and Safari (iOS 9). I'd suggest reading through the GitHub page to see some stats as well as the philosophy (of not making money or compromising it with acceptable ads). [2] [1]: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adblock-fast/id1032930802 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adblock-fast/id1032930802 [2]: https://github.com/rocketshipapps/adblockfast https://github.com/rocketshipapps/adblockfast
  - profeta 11y ago
    I always used someonewhocares.org host list on my wireless modems to protect my IOS devices (which never leave the house anyway, since they exist only to test apps/sites for people like you that do not value device ownership :) the list that site provides blocks practically every single ad, malware, etc. But it is not very practical to keep up to date.
derefr 11y ago
Reminds me of the arguments against the CA ecosystem in favor of browser cert pinning. It's much easier to trust Mozilla (or Google, or whomever else) than to trust the fifty-odd root CAs installed on my computer, and all their granted intermediates.
guelo 11y ago
> more likely (probability wise) to be maintained Mozilla is starting to develop a bad track record on this recently.
conceit 11y ago
authority, ambition

mikeash 11y ago

The "two word" thing is a joke, but your two points are pretty good. The combination of "maintained by decently large organization" and "non-evil" is probably unique in this space.

profeta 11y ago

what about besides "known household name"? any technical merit? anything you know you do better than the alternative, for a fact? and in the process of fairness, any other blocker doing anything better that you plan to add to yours?

newscracker 11y ago
Technical merit? I don't really know. This is based on the open source tracker list from Disconnect (disconnect.me). FWIW, I was never into paying for an ad-blocker on iOS since that comes with its pitfalls. I have tried a couple of other free ones, and I did like Adblock Fast [1], the one I was using until Focus by Firefox and the one I still have. It's open source and is available for Chrome (not iOS), Opera (not iOS) and Safari (iOS 9). I'd suggest reading through the GitHub page to see some stats as well as the philosophy (of not making money or compromising it with acceptable ads). [2] [1]: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adblock-fast/id1032930802 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adblock-fast/id1032930802 [2]: https://github.com/rocketshipapps/adblockfast https://github.com/rocketshipapps/adblockfast
- profeta 11y ago
  I always used someonewhocares.org host list on my wireless modems to protect my IOS devices (which never leave the house anyway, since they exist only to test apps/sites for people like you that do not value device ownership :) the list that site provides blocks practically every single ad, malware, etc. But it is not very practical to keep up to date.

derefr 11y ago

Reminds me of the arguments against the CA ecosystem in favor of browser cert pinning. It's much easier to trust Mozilla (or Google, or whomever else) than to trust the fifty-odd root CAs installed on my computer, and all their granted intermediates.

guelo 11y ago

> more likely (probability wise) to be maintained Mozilla is starting to develop a bad track record on this recently.

conceit 11y ago

authority, ambition