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Using Safari with an adblocking extension that makes use of WebKit’s native content blocking capabilities makes an enormous difference when it comes to heat and
by kitsunesoba 7y ago
Using Safari with an adblocking extension that makes use of WebKit’s native content blocking capabilities makes an enormous difference when it comes to heat and power draw. I’ve tried Chrome and Firefox with uBlock Origin and both are considerably more demanding in CPU use while not being that much faster. Where Chrome and Firefox has my fans ramped up to 60%, Safari has them running at 10% or switched off.
Really wish both Google and Mozilla would press pause on feature development for a couple of years and make efficiency the top priority.
- gnicholas 7y agoBrave had made a huge difference for me. As much as I'd like to support Mozilla by using Firefox,i just can't justify it. Brave is amazing.
- PascLeRasc 7y agoWhich Safari adblocker do you like? Is there one with a similar "freedom-ness" to uBlock Origin?
- artimaeis 7y agoAny recommendation on a good adblocking extension for Safari on MacOS? I've been using KaBlock but I've not found a great source that meaningfully compares the existing options.
- kitsunesoba 7y agoIt costs a couple bucks but Wipr does pretty well and gets regular updates. Another nice bonus to content blocker extensions like these is that they’re just JSON rule lists that Safari compiles into bytecode and runs against pages as they load. The extensions are barred from access to everything, meaning they can’t be bought up and turned into Trojan horses.