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Here are some measurements from the Ghostery team which show that the impact of the non-declarative API can be extremely minimal, and maybe even negative if you

by shawnz 7y ago

Here are some measurements from the Ghostery team which show that the impact of the non-declarative API can be extremely minimal, and maybe even negative if you consider the increased performance from the reduced ad load. https://whotracks.me/blog/adblockers_performance_study.html https://whotracks.me/blog/adblockers_performance_study.html

EdwardDiego 7y ago
At the risk of being that guy who mistakes his anecdote for a datum, I've found the bigger ad-blocking extensions to have a larger performance impact - simply because they're evaluating large regex based block lists on each request. That said - that's my choice, I don't have to use those extensions, but the gain is, to my mind, worth the pain. I really don't like the patronising "we know what's best for you" attitude of the Chrome developers - especially because what they came up with as being "best for us" is also best for Google.