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Either I'm understanding it wrong or you're way overestimating this issue. Unless you close and open your browser between every single website you visit, this i
by ehsankia 6y ago
Either I'm understanding it wrong or you're way overestimating this issue. Unless you close and open your browser between every single website you visit, this impact is probably negligible. Most people don't even close their browser windows ever between computer restarts.
- OJFord 6y agoAnd when you do restart, every single open tab will/might be able to load everything, unblocked and unfiltered, in the period between Chrome starting, and starting the extension.
- skinkestek 6y agoAbsolutely correct but I guess many innocent souls here will still think of it as a minor inconvenience, so let me explain: For some people it is not just about annoying ads; for those people paid or unpaid work (or something else, I'm not here to judge) takes them to sites where you'd rather not be surfing with js enabled. Remember: Client-side JS is a way for whoever controls the server side to execute code on your machine. Disabling JS instantly removes whole classes of nasty exploits.
- ehsankia 6y agoI have used Chrome for years with uBlock and I have not once since a single ad go through during launch. So realistically this "window" is most likely negligible, which make sense given how efficient and fast uBlock is. Maybe if you're running on a potato. On the other hand, I don't want random extensions, which could be misbehaving or poorly coded, to be able to indefinitely delay the browser's launch, even if it comes at the cost of one ad making it through. Imagine having dozens of extensions and trying to figure out which one is slowing down your launch because there's a bug.
- pingec 6y agoTry on youtube, it loads ads on chrome startup that ublock usually blocks.