The author never received a response to his request, but tried again to send uBlock for moderation, this time changing the name to uBlock Origin and the icon (at the very beginning of our post you can see the new icon). They should just be straightforward and state the reason of why the extension is taken down right in the dashboard. Let's leave aside the quality of the Chrome Web Store moderation (you understand everything yourself. Some time after the publication of the new uBlock extension from Chris, the old one was removed from the catalog by moderators, allegedly due to violations of the rules of the service.Īt the same time, Raymond did not receive any notifications from Google, and even after contacting support, no one was able to explain to him the reason, referring to the fact that all the details are described in the letter that he should have received (but did not receive). Although at the moment these extensions are almost copies, in the near future their paths, interface and capabilities may differ greatly.Īt the very beginning, we wrote that the original extension disappeared from the Chrome Web Store catalog, and then returned under a new name. The new uBlock (from Chris) and the old uBlock Origin (from Raymond) will continue to exist and develop independently. While Chris had to publish the second extension, which gained about 55 thousand users in a month. It only changed its name: now it's uBlock Origin. This fork will continue to live in the Chrome Web Store at the old address and with the entire current user base. New functions will be added only when he himself feels the need for them for himself. This fork, in fact, is the last version of the extension that will receive mostly fixes. So he decided to transfer the title "uBlock" and the main GitHub repository to Chris Aleodi.Īt the same time, Raymond will continue to support the now fork of the main branch. He had neither the time nor the desire to support and develop the extension in accordance with the requirements of the users. It turned out that uBlock became extremely popular (almost 1 million users in the Chrome Web Store). He wanted to create an extension that would suit his needs.
The uBlock project was created by Raymond as a hobby and mostly for himself. So I was getting sucked into something I never intended to do. This is how however more and more of my time was spent, and no doubt it would just become worst as uBlock gained popularity. Raymond Hill (gorhill), the original developer of uBlock, commented on the situation some time later. It is quite understandable why, in this situation, many users began to ask questions and even accuse the newer extension of fraud. At the same time, the original extension was first renamed to uBlock₀, then completely disappeared from the catalog and only after some time returned under the name uBlock Origin. The weirdness began this month when a new alternative extension of the same name appeared in the Chrome Web Store. For example, here are the memory consumption statistics from the authors:Īnd here are some more impressive CPU load figures: According to statements by Raymond Hill, the project's developer, and comments from some users, uBlock differs from its counterparts in that it uses less memory, CPU resources and is generally lighter in weight. Source at Compare to uBlock which as not been maintained and updated for more than 2 years, since 2015, and is trying to monetize an open source project.UBlock is another extension for blocking ads on the sites you visit. Mostly because as of May 2017 Ublock Origin is still actively maintained and updated. For those not familiar with those names, uBlock Origin is better than uBlock. Which means that corporation sales your privacy for profit :( Source at There is a controversy around ABP and its related for profit corporation trying to monetize ABP via ad whitelisting.
Chrome ublock plus#
The uBlock project does not support Adblock Plus' "Acceptable Ads Manifesto", because the "Acceptable Ads" marketing campaign is really the business plan of a for-profit entity.The user decides what web content is acceptable or not in their browser.Including 3.8+ millions users on Firefox and 8.9+ millions users on Chrome Lightweight on memory and CPU resources.
Chrome ublock code#
More secure because its code is publicly available for review and contributions on GitHub at It is owned and supported by a friendly community.