Updated Does µBlock blocks ads or just hide them? (markdown)

Raymond Hill 2015-02-20 08:56:04 -05:00
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> uBlock who is recently found to not actually "block" ads, but rather hide them after its been displayed. Adblock actually blocks them before they can even display them.
The statement above is plain fear-using-disinformation. That kind of disinformation also happens to be convenient to the incumbent blockers, and also to those who have an interest in people using those incumbent blockers.
The statement above is plain fear-using-disinformation. That kind of disinformation happens to be convenient to the incumbent blockers, **or** to those who have an interest in people using those incumbent blockers.
There are two kinds of [ABP-compatible filters](https://adblockplus.org/en/filters): network filters and cosmetic filters. _Cosmetic filters_ are referred to as _element hiding_ filters by Adblock Plus ("ABP").