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 > uBlock comes in two sibling flavors: this project, and <a href="https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock">uBlock Origin</a>.
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-<sup>slightly different feature sets — <strong>same astounding performance</strong></sup><br>
+<sup>slightly different feature sets — <strong>same performance</strong></sup><br>
 Both are free, open-source, and share the contributions of many.