The Adblock Plus blog article doesn't make clear whether this change only applies to Adblock Plus for Chromium based browsers, or to Adblock Plus for Firefox as well. So I asked, in a comment posting. I'm afraid it'll apply to Adblock Plus for Firefox as well. In that case, I'll finally switch to uBlock Origin. I had the idea uBO use was a hassle, but I guess the default Easy mode, combined with importing my custom filter rules, is probably all I need, and easy. Edit: Finally switched to uBlock Origin. (Also IDCAC to ISDCAC, but that's another story.)
I am interested in first of all: Blocking ping + beacon + csp report URL's tracking parameter blocking CNAME-cloaked trackers blocking Using a list for third-party tracking blocking to integrate with trackers blocking in my Edge *** The MV3 extension that guarantees me this with as few rules as possible will be my preferred choice. ***= The best integrated list is that of Kees1958.
There was a response by the article's author: "These changes for Manifest V3 only apply to Chromium based browsers. They won’t impact Adblock Plus for Firefox."
it's the fastest in my experience when loading websites. My only gripe with it is you cannot export/import your settings and whitelist until recently but only for the paid version.
My experience is that Adblock can barely compare with Adguard and uBO. I think it won't be different when it comes to MV3 filtering.
I gave ABP a bit of a spin (Chrome). I'm not sure it was that much faster than uBO. As far as I could tell it was just as good as uBO. Although I didn't give it very long trial.
I feel less lag when connecting to various websites, you know the point where you click on a link vs when it actually starts loading.
It is likely that some more interesting MV3 features are only for premium users: https://gitlab.com/adblockinc/ext/adblockplus/adblockplusui/-/issues/1139 https://gitlab.com/adblockinc/ext/adblockplus/adblockplusui/-/issues/1200
Could that be because of prefetching? I don't know about Chrome, but uBlock Origin on Firefox disables prefetching by default, whereas Adblock Plus on Firefox does not disable prefetching, to my knowledge. uBlock Origin disables prefetching for a reason.
That could be a reason but I am in no position to comment on the technical aspects of how both work. What I do know though I feel my web browsing is snappier with ABP
I switched Adblock Plus for uBlock Origin on Firefox, two weeks ago, and my browsing feels snappier. But of course that is not good research, in any way. In addition, since ten days I use Firefox snap, which also seems snappier, thus affecting my judgment. Anyway, our mileages may vary.
If you want the snappiest browsing, download and run a tool called DNSBench then run an initial test. It would then prompt you to build a list of DNS servers customized for you and run a more extensive test. Then switch your router to that DNS (you can sort them by the fastest) in addition to AdGuard or AdBlock Plus. In AdGuard, turn off Activate the most appropriate filters automatically and you will feel the difference. uBlock Origin is the slowest for me when it comes to snappiness.
Yes, ABP is not a serious contender compared to uBlock which has more options. I just have this feeling that the MV3 versions of all adblocker like ABP, Ghostery and uBlock will suck. Hopefully Vivaldi will be able to somehow keep supporting the MV2 versions.
If you read their blog, they will try, but probably can't: https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-webrequest-and-ad-blockers/
It is advanced tool to check for DNS latency but its may be not enought. Tool should also compare results. I mean some web services are geooptimized at DNS level meaning they want to direct traffic to different locations/IP adresses. What's good (performance wise) if lets say Cloudflare DNS gave me global YouTube adresses faster, where OpenDNS would return regional Youtube IPs. I believe slower DNS response maybe better if it is regionally optimized. Your hardware will send and receive more TCP/UDP packets with web service than with DNS server. PS all those DNS result optimization is transfering more data about client with large ecosystem of DNS servers, so privacy wise it iż worse.
