How does this compare to something like Privacy Badger[1]? I haven't done any benchmarking, but if it causes similar slowdowns, it isn't bothersome and the benefits are definitely worth it.
While they usually come hand in hand, Facebook ads (eg: while on facebook) don't add additional tracking.
I would argue that with Dynamic filtering (enabled for advanced users) the goal of uBlock is not limited to ads, but to any undesired content on the internet. I guess you could say the same about Adblock, though, so I guess YMMV.
[0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu...
"uBlock Origin (or uBlock₀) is not an ad blocker; it's a general-purpose blocker."
It will report everything to the user -- including behind-the-scene network requests [2].
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[1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#philosophy
[2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Behind-the-scene-netw...
BTW, thanks for ublock.
https://www.eff.org/privacybadger#faq-How-does-Privacy-Badge...? Thanks for this EFF.
And the part where I couldn't manually manipulate what was being blocked. Since apparently multiple pop-up adds on-click were not violating the user principle of consent...