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by TheLoneWolfling 4412 days ago
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.
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Justsignedup 4412 days ago
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.
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pessimizer 4412 days ago
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.
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TheLoneWolfling 4411 days ago
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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Justsignedup 4412 days ago
Walking from New York to California to transport 15 tons of perishable cargo VS driving a truck with a refrigeration unit.

Your analogy fails.

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Executor 4410 days ago
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.
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