Yeah, I mean sure I agree 100% now, but we are mere mortals and have to use uBlock and such until we get into that future - that is if we ever get there. Oh sorry, so you're from the future where Firefox has a native ad blocker and containers and FPI that actually do something and where the tracking protection is as good as uBlock's. The Firefox built-in tracking protection + antimalware, FPI, Containers, a future built-in ad-blocker. Or do you know of some other "tiny" blocker that'd be as good as uBlock and yet it somehow had even better performance (which would probably be a negligible gain)? I mean you could probably make a version of uBlock without the "advanced" modes, but why? The performance gain would, again, be negligible. Why do you think those add-ons are a "giant bazooka"? Are you talking about their feature overkill (because that's why they are separate add-ons for different audiences, and they are actually fairly small in scope) or performance (where they are excellent)? They are not tested by time and they don't have "best practice" type usage information. Yeah those features are cool and stuff but do something else, have poor support (if any) without more add-ons and have the potential to break stuff. Why is a trusted add-on with essentially no (and thanks to what it does essentially negative) performance footprint? And those alternatives simply are not on par with the extensions.įor average users, the less add-ons the better. Setting up uBo even for a non tech savvy user is a fire and forget operation, it's well tested and reliable (unlike, surprisingly enough, browser's features that seem to change with every other release). No, the fact that uBlock blocks more stuff is not an opinion, that's a fact. There is no need anymore for UMatrix/Ublock or Malwarebytes add-on. Also, it is great for performance (speed, RAM, CPU etc). is good and more than enough for average users. along together with a tiny/lightweight 3rd-party blocker add-on. And I am sure that intelligent users agree that for blocking 3rd-parties it is enough a tiny/lightweight 3rd-party blocker add-on. Firefox has new privacy features like FPI (First-Party Isolation), Containers etc that are not perfect solutions, but are good enough at the point we can avoid add-ons messing with 1st-parties, cookies etc.įollowing this logic, what left for UMatrix/UBlock? Answer: Just left 3rd-parties. So, there is no need for hosts in UMatrix/UBlock. And it seems that Firefox soon will also block some ads. Today, browsers already have very good alternatives against trackers and malwares. Today browsers evolved! So, add-ons must evolve too. UBlock/UMatrix "were" better years ago, when browsers were 100% exposed to trackers, ads, malwares etc. For average users, the less add-ons the better. In my different opinion, the word "better" is subjective. This is your opinion, and I respect that.
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