Poll How many personal rules do you use in your adblocker?

[Sampei.Nihira]

Please specify the various adblocks used, if possible.
Thank you very much.

uBo (Chrome) = 93 + uBoL = 26 DNR rules
AG (Chrome) = 49 Dynamic user rules + uBoL = 26 DNR rules

uBo (Firefox) = 85 + uBoL = 26 DNR rules

P.S.

I voted over 100 because it's the majority.

 

[Parkinsond]

Nothing personal.

 

[RoboMan]

Don't do custom rules. Never did. I do enable a lot of pre-made lists, but I've found they alone cover all the points I need on my ad blocker.

 

[Jonny Quest]

I don't even use a lot of pre-made lists, the default ones seem to do the job for me. For what I'm doing online, I don't know if I'd notice the difference otherwise

 

[Divergent]

In addition to the default configurations, I utilize a few carefully selected lists. Despite conducting extensive web-based research, I have not encountered a need to implement further additions or custom rules.

 

[simmerskool]

ubo with “Medium Mode” Dynamic Filtering (DF) & a HaGeZi added...

 

[rashmi]

I simply use uBOL defaults and "Annoyances" filters with uBOL "Complete" mode.

 

[lokamoka820]

I use uBO's default filters on Firefox browsers and uBOL's "Complete" mode on Chromium browsers, "except Brave, which I don't use ad blocker with." My requirements are straightforward: I don't want to see advertisements without compromising performance and speed.

I simply use the Tor browser when I want to do something shady.

 

[oldschool]

µBO - Medium mode with no other custom rules.

µBOL - 8 DNR rules. AG URL Tracking, µB Badware filters and Malicious URL lists only.

Stay safe, not paranoid!

 

[Digmor Crusher]

uBOL with built in lists, I don't have the desire or patience to mess around with custom rules.

 

[Sampei.Nihira]

µBO - Medium mode with no other custom rules.

µBOL - 8 DNR rules. AG URL Tracking, µB Badware filters and Malicious URL lists only.

Stay safe, not paranoid!

Question:

Why did you add 8 DNR rules to your uBoL?

Ah... I forgot... Kees1958's filter list only takes up 1 rule because uBoL has a DNR rule compression feature, otherwise you would have the total number of rules in Kees1958's filter list.
Over 100 personal rules added.

 

[LinuxFan58]

Installed uBol to count (normally using Brave Shields) and in uBol I have zero filter lists enabled, over 40 cosmetic custom rules and over 30 DNR custom rules.

I use uBOL to easily create cosmetic custom rules, for host file like block rules and simple static ABP rules I use AdGuard's logger. uBol translate static ABP rules into DNR rules, that is why I use uBol to test whether my custom rules work.

 

[Sorrento]

This is setup with the rules in uBlock as Wolf did them, not changed anything, apart from Adguard cookie notices.

 

[SeriousHoax]

I use the AdGuard extension (MV2 on Edge) and all its recommended filters as well as one or two additional filters.
In terms of personal rules, I have my own annoyance filter. It has some rules to hide things that I myself find annoying but not covered by AdGuard/EasyList annoyances.
I don't recommend anyone to use my filter, since 99% of the things it blocks/hides don't bother anyone but me.
There's one thing in here that some users may find useful which is the rules to see more video thumbnails on the YouTube homepage. Mine is set to 4 but you may increase it to any value you want. Scroll down to the bottom to see the YouTube filter rules:

AnythingAdblock/Serious-Annoyances.txt at main · SeriousHoax/AnythingAdblock

Personal filter rules for anything related to adblockers - SeriousHoax/AnythingAdblock

github.com

 

[devjitdutta2025]

Does the AG extension slow down browsing on edge compared to ghostery or ublock origin? Ublock origin & ghostery both are unable to block ads in YouTube on edge, at least on my PC. (I use Cloudflare WARP by the way)

 

[Halp2001]

AdGuard on Edge is like that friend who always carries extra tools: it blocks YouTube without blinking, though sometimes you can feel the heavier backpack. uBO is the quick, silent ninja, but it needs a few extra tricks to handle YouTube. Ghostery, meanwhile, is the privacy guard: it watches closely, but doesn’t always kick the ads out of the party. If WARP keeps everything running smoothly, I’d say your combo is pretty well tuned.

 

[LinuxFan58]

Does the AG extension slow down browsing on edge compared to ghostery or ublock origin? Ublock origin & ghostery both are unable to block ads in YouTube on edge, at least on my PC. (I use Cloudflare WARP by the way)

Besides using more memory (for most PC users a non issue) AdGuard does well. It even outperforms uBo in my Brave setup with Speedometer 3.1 test. It really does well in dealing with youtube ads as @Halp2001 already posted.

 

[Parkinsond]

Does the AG extension slow down browsing on edge compared to ghostery or ublock origin?

To some extent.

Ublock origin & ghostery both are unable to block ads in YouTube on edge, at least on my PC.

uBOL on Yandex is blocking all YT ads; may be uBO is starting to face difficulties?

 

[toto_10]

If you count AdGuard Home in my homelab, I am running about 1,200,000 pre‑made rules with an average processing time of 1 ms.

Otherwise I only have six personal rules that I use for specific sites and apps.