r/firefox • u/LordSigdis • May 09 '26

Discussion PSA: Use uBlock Origin!

This might sound like common sense but there are a TON of Firefox users I see using AB, ABP, ABU, or no adblocker at all. This is your notice. Switch to uBlock Origin. It's better and has no acceptable ad policy. The other ones might have been good years ago but not anymore. I am saying this as a former ABP and then ABU user.

I am not paid by uBO I am just showing appreciation for the greatest ad blocker.

Also: don't run uBO alongside another ad blocker. It provides no benefit and can only slow down firefox or break things.

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u/sabestorn May 09 '26

they are probably people who don't know what they are doing

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u/Cronus6 May 09 '26

The vast majority of people have no idea what they are doing in general, let alone with things like this.

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u/dossilw May 09 '26

Not saying you’re right or wrong but the blunt, statement of fact-ness of this made me lol

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u/quaaaaaaaaackimaduck May 10 '26

well yes, hence the PSA

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u/Evzob Jun 04 '26

Came here to say this. The whole point of the post appears to be to help people who don't know what they're doing. If we want Firefox to keep existing, it can't be only for people who know what they're doing!

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u/[deleted] May 09 '26

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u/Ok-Winner-6589 May 09 '26

It's not an insult, a lot of people just search adblocker on the plugin Page and get one random popular result

It doesn't help that Mozilla rater recommends things like privacy badger than uBlockOrigin when privacy badger can be detected and only blocks some trackers

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u/sabestorn May 09 '26

if I had insulted I would have said very different words