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by Dirlewanger 4065 days ago
Has uBlock reached "just werks" status (not referring to ease of installation)? It was still really unwieldy in terms of what it blocked/didn't block last time I tried it out when there was a thread on it.

First time I'm hearing about Disconnect. Is it really all it's hacked up to be? On first glance to me, they have a pretty package but I feel like in practice they are just as furtive as Ghostery is with the promise of blocking all the bad shit.

Nice site too btw. Great presentation for those looking to make a change with their habits.

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uBlock is constantly blocking things that I actually would like to see. Wasn't able to download msu packages from Microsoft's website without turning it off as recently as last week.

It seems to hog less resources than AdBlock/etc, but I still find it breaking a lot of things. Maybe I need to tweak the settings, but with that in mind, I don't consider it to be "just working!"

Has for me, it all just works.
I'm using both daily, and I'm really happy!