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I think a lot of people get the opposite feeling. HTTPSB lets you see everything in the matrix and toggle what you want to show. If you want the carefree experience you can use this strategy[0] to unblock everything and only rely on the blocklists to which you subscribe. I currently use this method and I all I really want now is a block list for cookies (and one as good as Ghostery's list).

[0] https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/wiki/How-to-use-H...

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But I don't want to use a strategy, I want to click a button and have adverts blocked.

Then HTTPSB is not the right extension for you.

Then it should not be compared to adblock.

That is not what is happening in the post. Only the filtering/element-hiding capabilities of both are being compared.

That is exactly what is happening in the headline, however.

I don't follow this logic. Both do generally the same thing, but with different approaches. This to me would make a comparison of the two different approaches very valid.

You are calling HTTPSB an alternative for Adblock Plus.

One of the major use cases of Adblock Plus is effectively "Fire and Forget" mode - enable it and then don't worry about it.

You are saying HTTPSB does not support this use case.

As such, I don't see why you can call it an alternative to Adblock Plus.

It is an alternative. to all of like 1000 people worldwide who are willing to figure it out. So basically fire-and-forget mode, or broke.

That's like saying that walking isn't an alternative to driving because there's no wheels. It's different, has a superset of functionality, and a different interface. It isn't a fork of ABP.

Walking from New York to California to transport 15 tons of perishable cargo VS driving a truck with a refrigeration unit.

Your analogy fails.

Your analogy fails too. I use a manual javascript blocking add-on (noscript) instead of an automatic blacklisting one and its not a deal-breaker. Minor effort required.

It does not have a superset of functionality.

Adblock Plus / Edge has a "Fire and Forget" mode, as I described in my grandparent comment. HTTPSB does not. Hence, HTTPSB's functionality is not a superset of Adblock Plus/Edge's functionality.

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