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Kongo

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it's very difficult to have a clean sheet on those websites but I know many people would see tons of ads
usually, I use these to test
With Adguard disabled:
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Adguard Enabled:
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Adguard seems to be doing a good job.
 

oldschool

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The test was flawed according to makers of uBlock Origin and AdGuard.
I don't know of anything has changed with the new test.

There is a FAQ and a Compatibility Check on the main page:

Adding his filter in uBlock Origin gives me 100%, but adding his filter in AdGuard for Android only gives 77%.
I don't buy into any of these tests. The best test is how web pages appear to individual users. Everyone's browsing habits are different. The tests have extremely limited value and many unkowns , e.g. coding, methodology, etc.
 

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I don't buy into any of these tests. The best test is how web pages appear to individual users. Everyone's browsing habits are different. The tests have extremely limited value and many unkowns , e.g. coding, methodology, etc.
I tend to agree. We can get things so dialed in and so tight, that we may lose the functionality and even fun? of a webpage and may end up in doing too much fiddling around with unblocking, allowing settings etc. But still, it is kinda fun to see what does what, and what others are getting :) I'm enjoying this thread :)

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microsoft edge Without any extension but in Settings:
To some extent, this supports my point above.
And from flags:
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And of course, we really don't know what the experiment entails, if or when it's active, i.e. doing anything, or what type of imrovement it provides. Thanks as usual to MS lack of documentation. :rolleyes:
 

Gandalf_The_Grey

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M4RT1NE2

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Firefox :
Privacy and security - STRICT.

Installed extensions:

uBlock Origin
Browsing protection F-Secure
Windscribe VPN

Result:

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Evjl's Rain

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these tests are still valuable
if you get 100% in all tests but you still get some ads in your frequently visited websites -> still fail
if you get 100% and zero ads or trackers in your websites -> big success
 

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