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<blockquote data-quote="Lenny_Fox" data-source="post: 853458" data-attributes="member: 82776"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Adguard versus uBlock extension: what is the best free adblocker (so excluding the Adguard Desktop extension).</span></strong></p><p></p><p>Both uBlock and Adguard have advanced blocking capabilities which go far beyond the AdblockPlus rule symantics (e.g. scriplet injection and Javascript and CSS rules). So that is comparing lead with old iron as we say in Dutch (meaning their capabilities are more or less equal). They both have additional means to add static rules with a point and click mechanism to zap advertisements sneeking throuh the rules.</p><p></p><p>Advantage of uBlock over Adguard: uBlock has an advanced mode called the dynamic engine, which gives NoScript like control over the browser. So for the people with an anal desire to control their browser uBlock is the best option (sorry this is how Jung classified people with a blue preference profile).</p><p></p><p>Advantage of Adguard over uBlock: Adgauard maintains its own filters. This implies that the more advanced adblock options are part of their filters. These advanced filters are much more powerful than regular (easylist) ABP rules and reduce the number of rules needed. Don't believe me? Just try this to check for yourself.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Challenge: do the head to head field test yourself!</span></strong></p><p></p><p>Install Adguard EXTENSION and enable just their Advertisement English filter and their Privacy filter. DISABLE allow "Advertisements on own websites"in the general options and ENABLE "Use optimized filter". Now the rules count will show you just have less than 40.000 rules. Surf to a website with advanced advertisement tactics, like PORNHUB.COM. click around and make sure you click at least once on the right pane video (on the right near the mean video stream). You will see it just opens.</p><p></p><p>De-install Adguard and install uBlockOrigin. Disable all filters except Easylist Filter and Easylist privacy. Visit PORNHUB.COM again and click on a video and after that one a video in the right video pane (images shown on the right near the main video). What happens? Exactly a sneaky pop-under opens another website. How is that ppossible? Look at the number of rules: the rules in Easylist are twice as high as Adguards own filters.</p><p></p><p>So what do you do: yes, enable the block popups option in uBlock Origin and revisit the website (delete all History) and re-open that porn website again. What happens, again another website opened? Okay let's use heavy artillery and switch to medium mode by ENABLING I am advanced user. Now revisit pornhub.com (after clearing history) and you will see when you block third-part scripts and (i)frames that you will have to allow phncdn.com (pornhub's content delevery website which contans all the video's). So this should block escaping to third party websites? Let's learn this website a lesson and click with full confidence on a video and next on a image of the right pane: <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite132" alt=":unsure:" title="Unsure :unsure:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":unsure:" /></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Result of field test (with easylists filters plus medium mode against Adguard filters only in very easy mode)</span></strong></p><p></p><p>What happened, while blocking third-party scripts and frames this website (pornhub) opened another website bypassing both advanced medium level third-party blocking and deny block pup-ups option of uBlockOrigin. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite120" alt="o_O" title="Er... what? o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite120" alt="o_O" title="Er... what? o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite120" alt="o_O" title="Er... what? o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /> Result: <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><strong><em><u>Adguard in very easy mode with half the number of rules is more effective than uBlock in medium mode with twice as much Easylist filter rules!</u></em></strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Knowing this will cause a lot of uBlock fan-boy reactions and responses, I hope this post helps to increase the insight of REAL WORLD adblocker capabilities and benefits.</p><p></p><p>P.S. only when you enable uBlock's own internal rules uBlock is able to block these pesky pop-unders. This proofs that those advanced evasions can not be blocked by the advanced dynamic engine. Gorhill originally did not intend to become a block list maintainer (Raymond is a one man band, providing its developer service for free). But now he is forced to write advanced static rules and maintain uBlock internal lists. to keep up with Adguard. Adguard can fall back on the income of the paid desktop application and has a team working to write rules for these advanced adblock rules: go figure which extension serves you better in the long run when you don't write your own (CSS or Javascript) STATIC filter rules</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lenny_Fox, post: 853458, member: 82776"] [B][SIZE=4]Adguard versus uBlock extension: what is the best free adblocker (so excluding the Adguard Desktop extension).[/SIZE][/B] Both uBlock and Adguard have advanced blocking capabilities which go far beyond the AdblockPlus rule symantics (e.g. scriplet injection and Javascript and CSS rules). So that is comparing lead with old iron as we say in Dutch (meaning their capabilities are more or less equal). They both have additional means to add static rules with a point and click mechanism to zap advertisements sneeking throuh the rules. Advantage of uBlock over Adguard: uBlock has an advanced mode called the dynamic engine, which gives NoScript like control over the browser. So for the people with an anal desire to control their browser uBlock is the best option (sorry this is how Jung classified people with a blue preference profile). Advantage of Adguard over uBlock: Adgauard maintains its own filters. This implies that the more advanced adblock options are part of their filters. These advanced filters are much more powerful than regular (easylist) ABP rules and reduce the number of rules needed. Don't believe me? Just try this to check for yourself. [B][SIZE=4]Challenge: do the head to head field test yourself![/SIZE][/B] Install Adguard EXTENSION and enable just their Advertisement English filter and their Privacy filter. DISABLE allow "Advertisements on own websites"in the general options and ENABLE "Use optimized filter". Now the rules count will show you just have less than 40.000 rules. Surf to a website with advanced advertisement tactics, like PORNHUB.COM. click around and make sure you click at least once on the right pane video (on the right near the mean video stream). You will see it just opens. De-install Adguard and install uBlockOrigin. Disable all filters except Easylist Filter and Easylist privacy. Visit PORNHUB.COM again and click on a video and after that one a video in the right video pane (images shown on the right near the main video). What happens? Exactly a sneaky pop-under opens another website. How is that ppossible? Look at the number of rules: the rules in Easylist are twice as high as Adguards own filters. So what do you do: yes, enable the block popups option in uBlock Origin and revisit the website (delete all History) and re-open that porn website again. What happens, again another website opened? Okay let's use heavy artillery and switch to medium mode by ENABLING I am advanced user. Now revisit pornhub.com (after clearing history) and you will see when you block third-part scripts and (i)frames that you will have to allow phncdn.com (pornhub's content delevery website which contans all the video's). So this should block escaping to third party websites? Let's learn this website a lesson and click with full confidence on a video and next on a image of the right pane: :unsure: [B][SIZE=4]Result of field test (with easylists filters plus medium mode against Adguard filters only in very easy mode)[/SIZE][/B] What happened, while blocking third-party scripts and frames this website (pornhub) opened another website bypassing both advanced medium level third-party blocking and deny block pup-ups option of uBlockOrigin. o_Oo_Oo_O Result: [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][B][I][U]Adguard in very easy mode with half the number of rules is more effective than uBlock in medium mode with twice as much Easylist filter rules![/U][/I][/B][/COLOR] Knowing this will cause a lot of uBlock fan-boy reactions and responses, I hope this post helps to increase the insight of REAL WORLD adblocker capabilities and benefits. P.S. only when you enable uBlock's own internal rules uBlock is able to block these pesky pop-unders. This proofs that those advanced evasions can not be blocked by the advanced dynamic engine. Gorhill originally did not intend to become a block list maintainer (Raymond is a one man band, providing its developer service for free). But now he is forced to write advanced static rules and maintain uBlock internal lists. to keep up with Adguard. Adguard can fall back on the income of the paid desktop application and has a team working to write rules for these advanced adblock rules: go figure which extension serves you better in the long run when you don't write your own (CSS or Javascript) STATIC filter rules [/QUOTE]
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