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Why do you use Adblock Plus over uBlock Origin? uBlock Origin has a better memory footprint and no ties to the advertising industry. It also has a stable WebE

Why do you use Adblock Plus over uBlock Origin? uBlock Origin has a better memory footprint and no ties to the advertising industry. It also has a stable WebExtension for use in 57+.

shmerl 9y ago
Is uBlock Origin functionally similar? I'm using a number of custom filters in AdBlock Plus.
- gorhill 9y ago
  uBO understands ABP filter syntax -- with a few exceptions. For more details, I created a feature comparison table in the wiki: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/About-%22uBlock-is-inferior-in-capabilities-as-a-result-of-being-lighter-on-the-browser%22 https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/About-%22uBlock-is-in...
  - shmerl 9y ago
    Thanks!
  - shmerl 9y ago
    It worked nicely. Is there some way to toggle uBO by middle clicking on the add-on button in Firefox toolbar? That used to work for ABP in the past.