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logn on Dec 27, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Ch...

In some tests, uBlock results in the browser using less memory than with no plugins: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Firefox-version:-benc...

n.b. Firefox results from experimental patch: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8802509

tim333 on Dec 27, 2014 [–]

That was my experience. My usage for four pages was about 80M with uBlock, 120M with AdBlock Pro and 200M with nothing. Pages also took like 1s to load with the blockers and 12s without because of all the ad junk loading. (with Chrome)

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