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One thing I've noticed is that for years uBlock used to say 7% of all data requests was blocked; in this past year it's climbed to 8%. So almost 10% of data tra
by botanical 3y ago
One thing I've noticed is that for years uBlock used to say 7% of all data requests was blocked; in this past year it's climbed to 8%. So almost 10% of data transferred is useless to me as it consists of ads, trackers and annoyances.
I wonder in my lifetime how much bandwidth and energy I've saved if a blocker has blocked around 10% of all data requests.
I'll stick with the full version on Firefox.
- guerrilla 3y agoI'm surprised to hear it's so little.
- nottorp 3y agoIt sounds like 7-8% of requests. If that's video ads it can be 50% of the actual data transferred?
- abwizz 3y agonot entirely sure if that was a question because it is formed like a statement, but, yes.
- maratc 3y agoBut then, if you mostly watch videos (or take a video call in your browser), the ads — both video and non-video — can fall to 1% of the actual data transferred. As each person's internet usage is different, the percentage of requests blocked seems to me a better measurement than the percentage of the actual data transferred.
- nottorp 3y agoIt is, i was just nitpicking on mixing # of requests and data volume.
- abwizz 3y agotrue, the ammount of data, energy, attention and time safed by adblockers cannot be understated
- Pannoniae 3y agoMy one says 26% was blocked. It's shocking.
- gnrlst 3y ago26% here too. Mind boggling
- tux2bsd 3y ago[dead]
- HumblyTossed 3y agoSeems low. My pihole (and I’m not trying to compare products just mentioning what I use) routinely blocks about 25% and we don’t tend to go to any shady sites.
- ericpauley 3y agoIt's far more than that. uBO is only counting the initial requests. Each of these would load up an entire ad ecosystem that sends follow-on requests and downloads resources. If you look at the total number of requests prevented it would doubtless be far higher.