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From the article: >"* The main problem, though, is the process by which ABP actually blocks ads. Basically, ABP inserts a massive CSS stylesheet — occupying ar
by zo1 12y ago
From the article:
>"* The main problem, though, is the process by which ABP actually blocks ads. Basically, ABP inserts a massive CSS stylesheet — occupying around 4MB of RAM — into every single webpage that you visit, stripping out the ads.*"
Isn't then the actual problem the way that Adblock+ removes the ads? Why not simply allow an API for a plugin to easily strip content from a site. If there is one already, then ABP should switch to it to reduce memory usage. If not, well then we should look at the actual culprits of this problem which is the browsers.
- deanclatworthy 12y agoIn chrome at least it's not in Google's interest to block their customers ads, or make it any easier to do so.
- notduncansmith 12y agoWell, plugins are allowed to run Javascript on the page, what other kind of "special API" would you need?