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> every page That's a bit hyperbolic. The areas of the internet I frequent do not have egregious ads (for example, this page). Areas where I really would like

> every page That's a bit hyperbolic. The areas of the internet I frequent do not have egregious ads (for example, this page). Areas where I really would like good ad-blocking (youtube) are often not covered by these ad blockers. Thankfully Youtube Premium isn't too expensive and solves that issue. Maybe it's better these days but I always found browser extensions (including uBlock) had a pretty big performance hit, so I've always shied away from them (with the exception of a password manager).

prmoustache 2mo ago
adblock works well with regular youtube ads (not the one inside the actual content).
- inigyou 2mo ago
  For the latter, there is sponsorblock.
username923409 2mo ago
> Areas where I really would like good ad-blocking (youtube) are often not covered by these ad blockers. uBlock Origin works perfectly fine to block YouTube ads. > I always found browser extensions (including uBlock) had a pretty big performance hit In various places (e.g. the wiki [1]) you can find benchmarks showing that webpages load faster, rather than slower. [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Various-videos-showing-side-by-side-comparison-of-the-load-speed-of-complex-sites https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Various-videos-showin...
abdullahkhalids 2mo ago
uBlock causes a huge performance improvement for most regular people's computers.
beej71 2mo ago
> Thankfully Youtube Premium isn't too expensive and solves that issue. True, but some of us refuse to give that company money on principle. The minute I can't watch YouTube without ads is the minute I stop watching YouTube. (The creators I follow make way more money off me on Patreon than Google would ever pay them, anyway.) > I always found browser extensions (including uBlock) had a pretty big performance hit I always found that not using uBO was a pretty big performance hit. :)
- inigyou 2mo ago
  Do you use Invidious?

prmoustache 2mo ago

adblock works well with regular youtube ads (not the one inside the actual content).

inigyou 2mo ago
For the latter, there is sponsorblock.

username923409 2mo ago

> Areas where I really would like good ad-blocking (youtube) are often not covered by these ad blockers. uBlock Origin works perfectly fine to block YouTube ads. > I always found browser extensions (including uBlock) had a pretty big performance hit In various places (e.g. the wiki [1]) you can find benchmarks showing that webpages load faster, rather than slower. [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Various-videos-showing-side-by-side-comparison-of-the-load-speed-of-complex-sites https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Various-videos-showin...

abdullahkhalids 2mo ago

uBlock causes a huge performance improvement for most regular people's computers.

beej71 2mo ago

> Thankfully Youtube Premium isn't too expensive and solves that issue. True, but some of us refuse to give that company money on principle. The minute I can't watch YouTube without ads is the minute I stop watching YouTube. (The creators I follow make way more money off me on Patreon than Google would ever pay them, anyway.) > I always found browser extensions (including uBlock) had a pretty big performance hit I always found that not using uBO was a pretty big performance hit. :)

inigyou 2mo ago
Do you use Invidious?