#Adblock plus edge manual

It makes manual whitelisting super-easy and it’s like entering a URL on your web browser’s address bar.

Its options are easy to understand and navigate.

It’s the most popular browser extension on the web.

Adblock Plus: Pros and Cons Adblock Plus Pros On the other side, AdBlock for Chrome gives you a ton of options and it can actually confuse you. Wait, they will offer you even more options if you enable the “I’m an advanced user, show me advanced options” on extension options.įor instance, it gives you additional control to whitelist specific YouTube channels (maybe you can support your favorite YouTuber that way), Dropbox syncing, filters to block social media buttons, etc. That is, by unchecking “Allow some non-intrusive advertising” on extension options.Īpart from this, they don’t have much options other than the obvious custom filters and whitelisted domains plus there’s an option to enable/disable the right-click “Block element” menu item. They do not have a ton of customization options and you can easily disable all ads (including the “non-intrusive advertising”) with just one-click. When it comes to “Options”, I feels like Adblock Plus is a better choice for non techies as their plugin options are very simple and easy to understand. And Adblock Plus itself has disclosed that big entities are paying them a licensing fee for whitelisting their ads. It means that they do not block ads that are considered as Acceptable Ads and hence they have whitelisted few advertisers.Īctually, if reports like this and this are true then Google and other large advertisers have paid Adblock Plus to not block their ads. Both Adblock Plus and Adblock allow what they call “non-intrusive advertising”. That’s not all! There’s an ugly similarity too. It basically means that if Adblock Plus is blocking an ad then it will be blocked by AdBlock as well or vice versa. In fact both use the same filters as well and they are calling it the EasyList(created by Adblock Plus). Once again, both AdBlock for Chrome and Adblock Plus for Chrome offers similar features as far as basic features (malware protection, shows number of ads blocked, blacklisting, whitelisting) and options (acceptable ads, right-click menu) are concerned. However, AdBlock has almost 2x more ratings than Adblock Plus on Chrome Web Store, so I guess it’s safe to assume that it’s the most popular ad blocker on Google Chrome.

and ‘AdBlock’ is available for Google Chrome, Safari, Opera, and iOS.Īdblock Plus is the most popular Firefox add-on with over 21 million users (it’s got the first-mover advantage on Mozilla Firefox) and AdBlock is the most popular Chrome extension (it’s got the first-mover advantage on Google Chrome).īy the way, both AdBlock and Adblock Plus claims that it’s the most popular ad blocker and both have over 40 million users. Now ‘AdBlock Plus’ is also available for Google Chrome, Android, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer, etc. What’s the difference? Well, it sounds similar but they are two different extensions developed independently.Īpparently, AdBlock was inspired by Adblock Plus itself when it was just a Firefox only add-on. Adblock & Adblock Plus: A Brief HistoryĪs you probably know, the two most popular ad blockers for Google Chrome are AdBlock and Adblock Plus. But it’s something else - which I will explain below. The only thing is… it’s NOT the extension’s ad blocking capability that I find interesting. However, I tried AdBlock few months back - when YouTube ads became increasingly annoying - and immediately realized that it’s a must-have for me.

#Adblock plus edge install

So, I argued with myself why should I install an adblocker when it doesn’t make any difference. In fact, as I write this blog post, both AdBlock and Adblock Plus have over 50 million users. I was actually not using an adblocker until few months ago as I rarely click ads.

#Adblock plus edge pro

It’s no secret that ad blocking extensions like AdBlock, Adblock Plus, and AdBlock Pro are becoming increasingly popular today with over 200 million active users and it’s costing publishers billions of dollars.