{"slug": "ublock-origin-lite", "name": "uBlock Origin Lite", "category": "browsers", "category_name": "Browsers and extensions", "description": "Manifest V3 version of the uBlock Origin content blocker for Chromium, Firefox and Safari.", "recommenders": 21, "commenters": 29, "warners": 2, "score": 19.179, "rising": 2.09, "first": "2025-12-19", "latest": "2026-10-03", "why": "Liked for blocking ads about as well as the original uBlock Origin under Chrome's Manifest V3 and for bringing uBlock-style blocking to Safari on iOS and macOS.", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": true, "sentiment": {"recommend": 22, "neutral": 5, "compare": 1, "warn": 2}, "spark": [0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 11, 3, 6, 1, 0], "listed": true, "loved": ["Blocks ads well", "Safari and iOS"], "caveat": "Less configurable", "short_quote": "ublock origin lite is blocking a bunch of stuff for me, and things are unbearable when I turn it off.", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home", "pricing": "open source", "aliases": ["uBlock Origin Lite"], "verdict": [{"text": "Liked for blocking ads about as well as the original uBlock Origin under Chrome's Manifest V3", "cites": [{"id": 787626097, "item_id": 49226631, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226631", "by": "tim333", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "uBlock Origin Lite works fine, basically as well as the old uBlock as far as I can tell.", "excerpt": "I use Chrome. uBlock Origin Lite works fine, basically as well as the old uBlock as far as I can tell. As to why, I kind of like it - the built in Google Lens tool is cool and I don't think is in the other browsers?", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking in Chrome", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"}, {"id": 787574160, "item_id": 49223385, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49223385", "by": "crazygringo", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "uBlock Origin Lite works amazingly on MV3.", "excerpt": "Right, but there is no meaningful difference in terms of ad blocking ability. It's all theoretical. In practice, uBlock Origin Lite works amazingly on MV3. In my experience, it blocks all the ads. And I've been using it for a while now.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"}, {"id": 776923760, "item_id": 48557735, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557735", "by": "notatoad", "date": "2026-06-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "all the ads are blocked, just like they were with the v2-compatible adblocker.", "excerpt": "that is theoretically true. but i switched to the v3-compatible ublock origin lite a year ago and i've noticed essentially no difference in the performance. all the ads are blocked, just like they were with the v2-compatible adblocker.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "uBlock Origin", "story": "Google Chrome's Next Update Will Mark the End of Popular Ad Blockers"}, {"id": 776901648, "item_id": 48556353, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48556353", "by": "whitepoplar", "date": "2026-06-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use uBlock Origin Lite and haven't noticed a difference between it and uBlock Origin.", "excerpt": "A lot of people have been very vocal about this. I use uBlock Origin Lite and haven't noticed a difference between it and uBlock Origin. Am I missing something?", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers"}, {"id": 792242865, "item_id": 49515179, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49515179", "by": "ranger_danger", "date": "2026-08-31", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "works at least as well for almost all users  as the original (MV2) uBO", "excerpt": "ungoogled-chromium (https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium-portablelinux/releases) still supports MV3/uBO and is de-Googled. However, this paper[1] suggests that uBO Lite (MV3) which is still supported in the latest Chrome/chromium browsers, works at least as well for almost all users as the original (MV2) uBO, and, in some cases even better than before... so it's really no cause for alarm IMO. [1] ", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on MV3", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO"}]}, {"text": " and for bringing uBlock-style blocking to Safari on iOS and macOS.", "cites": [{"id": 796460816, "item_id": 49778801, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49778801", "by": "consumer451", "date": "2026-09-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I finally got around to installing uBlock Origin Lite on iOS.", "excerpt": "Firefox is my daily on desktop, but on mobile it's Safari. I finally got around to installing uBlock Origin Lite on iOS. I used to run the Firefox version on iOS, but that was discontinued long ago, and I never replaced it. I feel like a bit of an idiot for not doing this sooner. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ublock-origin-lite/id6745342698", "context": "iOS user", "use_case": "ad blocking on iOS Safari", "switched_from": "", "story": "ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector"}, {"id": 778503296, "item_id": 48656456, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48656456", "by": "soraminazuki", "date": "2026-06-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "uBlock Origin Lite is officially available for Safari now.", "excerpt": "FYI uBlock Origin Lite is officially available for Safari now.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking in Safari", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: New clean macOS install. Must-have apps? Best browser?"}, {"id": 787550736, "item_id": 49221921, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221921", "by": "phire", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I\u2019ve been using UBlock Origin Lite on my iPhone for a while, and that works great", "excerpt": "There is a dynamic API too that allows extensions to modify the blocklist at runtime. I\u2019ve been using UBlock Origin Lite on my iPhone for a while, and that works great, keeping itself updated from EasyList and allowing for custom rules. In some ways it\u2019s better, in some ways it\u2019s worse. Sometimes you have to flip it into \u201ccomplete mode\u201d (and give it full access to modify the current site) to get good blocking.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on iPhone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"}, {"id": 775624544, "item_id": 48476534, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48476534", "by": "js2", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use uBO lite with Safari on macOS/iOS and maybe I just don't know what I'm (not?) missing, but it seems fine? I rarely see ads.", "excerpt": "I use uBO lite with Safari on macOS/iOS and maybe I just don't know what I'm (not?) missing, but it seems fine? I rarely see ads. Is uBO lite for Chrome that much worse than uBO?", "context": "Safari user on macOS/iOS", "use_case": "ad blocking in Safari", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}]}, {"text": " The most common caveat is reduced configurability compared with full uBlock Origin", "cites": [{"id": 787629537, "item_id": 49226846, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226846", "by": "wolvoleo", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Also the amount of configurability is extremely reduced.", "excerpt": "Does it also block the background tracking you don't see with the same effectiveness? Also the amount of configurability is extremely reduced. I personally need that because I use custom lists to reduce websites to just a list of headlines (similar to hacker news). Removing all the highlights, polls, other crap I don't need. I mainly use Firefox anyway so I use the real ublock origin.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on MV3", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"}, {"id": 776911376, "item_id": 48556961, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48556961", "by": "AntonyGarand", "date": "2026-06-16", "stance": "warn", "quote": "it is severely limited by the new ruleset and limitations, being a crippled version.", "excerpt": "There is ublock origin lite[0] on chromium which is the v3 compliant ad blocking strategy, but it is severely limited by the new ruleset and limitations, being a crippled version. There are more details available on this fan site of ublock[1]: > What Was Manifest V3? > Manifest V3 was Google's major update to the Chrome extension platform. The most significant change was replacing the webRequest API with the more lim", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on Chromium", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers"}, {"id": 775979440, "item_id": 48498715, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48498715", "by": "msm_", "date": "2026-06-11", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "It's worse than the original version, but it works.", "excerpt": "uBlock Origin Lite is still working and will continue working (since this is a MV3 issue). It's worse than the original version, but it works. (I use Firefox, but I've read your post before the linked post and I thought ublock Origin is the one being killed)", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking in Chrome", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google is finally killing uBlock Origin in Chrome for good"}]}, {"text": ", and some sites need manual tweaking or a stronger blocking mode.", "cites": [{"id": 775558640, "item_id": 48472415, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48472415", "by": "topsykrates", "date": "2026-06-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "it's been mostly good for me", "excerpt": "I have been using UBlock Origin Lite on Chrome for a while, and while it's not perfect and needs a bit of manual tweaking here and there, it's been mostly good for me", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on Chrome", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 787550736, "item_id": 49221921, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221921", "by": "phire", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I\u2019ve been using UBlock Origin Lite on my iPhone for a while, and that works great", "excerpt": "There is a dynamic API too that allows extensions to modify the blocklist at runtime. I\u2019ve been using UBlock Origin Lite on my iPhone for a while, and that works great, keeping itself updated from EasyList and allowing for custom rules. In some ways it\u2019s better, in some ways it\u2019s worse. Sometimes you have to flip it into \u201ccomplete mode\u201d (and give it full access to modify the current site) to get good blocking.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on iPhone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"}]}], "praise": [{"label": "Blocks ads well", "summary": "Many users report no noticeable difference from the original uBlock Origin in day-to-day ad blocking.", "quotes": [{"id": 776923760, "item_id": 48557735, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557735", "by": "notatoad", "date": "2026-06-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "all the ads are blocked, just like they were with the v2-compatible adblocker.", "excerpt": "that is theoretically true. but i switched to the v3-compatible ublock origin lite a year ago and i've noticed essentially no difference in the performance. all the ads are blocked, just like they were with the v2-compatible adblocker.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "uBlock Origin", "story": "Google Chrome's Next Update Will Mark the End of Popular Ad Blockers"}, {"id": 776901648, "item_id": 48556353, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48556353", "by": "whitepoplar", "date": "2026-06-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use uBlock Origin Lite and haven't noticed a difference between it and uBlock Origin.", "excerpt": "A lot of people have been very vocal about this. I use uBlock Origin Lite and haven't noticed a difference between it and uBlock Origin. Am I missing something?", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers"}, {"id": 787574160, "item_id": 49223385, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49223385", "by": "crazygringo", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "uBlock Origin Lite works amazingly on MV3.", "excerpt": "Right, but there is no meaningful difference in terms of ad blocking ability. It's all theoretical. In practice, uBlock Origin Lite works amazingly on MV3. In my experience, it blocks all the ads. And I've been using it for a while now.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"}]}, {"label": "Safari and iOS", "summary": "Its arrival on Safari for iPhone and Mac is welcomed, often used alongside Wipr or AdGuard.", "quotes": [{"id": 796460816, "item_id": 49778801, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49778801", "by": "consumer451", "date": "2026-09-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I finally got around to installing uBlock Origin Lite on iOS.", "excerpt": "Firefox is my daily on desktop, but on mobile it's Safari. I finally got around to installing uBlock Origin Lite on iOS. I used to run the Firefox version on iOS, but that was discontinued long ago, and I never replaced it. I feel like a bit of an idiot for not doing this sooner. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ublock-origin-lite/id6745342698", "context": "iOS user", "use_case": "ad blocking on iOS Safari", "switched_from": "", "story": "ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector"}, {"id": 787550736, "item_id": 49221921, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221921", "by": "phire", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I\u2019ve been using UBlock Origin Lite on my iPhone for a while, and that works great", "excerpt": "There is a dynamic API too that allows extensions to modify the blocklist at runtime. I\u2019ve been using UBlock Origin Lite on my iPhone for a while, and that works great, keeping itself updated from EasyList and allowing for custom rules. In some ways it\u2019s better, in some ways it\u2019s worse. Sometimes you have to flip it into \u201ccomplete mode\u201d (and give it full access to modify the current site) to get good blocking.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on iPhone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"}, {"id": 784238146, "item_id": 49014884, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014884", "by": "jjice", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's free, so I'd recommend adding it as an addition to the bunch.", "excerpt": "I use AdGuard, Wipr, and uBlock Origin Lite on my iPhone, and uBlock Origin on desktop. I swear there are little gaps in each that the others get, but they're very minor. When uBlock Origin Lote recently released on iOS (within the last year), I noticed a few more things blocked. I also prefer the custom element removal or uBlock and can reuse my desktop filters. It's free, so I'd recommend adding it as an addition t", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on iPhone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Safari Technology Preview 248 Released"}]}, {"label": "Custom filters", "summary": "Supports custom rules, scriptlets, element zapping and reuse of desktop filters, and some find filters easier to manage.", "quotes": [{"id": 792253504, "item_id": 49515844, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49515844", "by": "taviso", "date": "2026-08-31", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I think the new features in MV3 are great, and UBO lite is great.", "excerpt": "I think the new features in MV3 are great, and UBO lite is great. The initial versions of UBOl worked, but definitely lost some power user features. Those are basically all back, it now has full scriptlet support, custom dynamic filters work, element zapper is back and you can now have custom dnr rules. That's a very powerful feature that doesn't exist in UBO. The big loss for me with the mv2 deprecation was uMatrix,", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO"}, {"id": 777660992, "item_id": 48603812, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48603812", "by": "tim333", "date": "2026-06-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The article has uBlock lite, which works fine - I use it.", "excerpt": "The article has uBlock lite, which works fine - I use it. It's actually a bit easier to add/remove custom filters compared to Origin.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Setting Up a New Windows Laptop in 2026"}, {"id": 784238146, "item_id": 49014884, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014884", "by": "jjice", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's free, so I'd recommend adding it as an addition to the bunch.", "excerpt": "I use AdGuard, Wipr, and uBlock Origin Lite on my iPhone, and uBlock Origin on desktop. I swear there are little gaps in each that the others get, but they're very minor. When uBlock Origin Lote recently released on iOS (within the last year), I noticed a few more things blocked. I also prefer the custom element removal or uBlock and can reuse my desktop filters. It's free, so I'd recommend adding it as an addition t", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on iPhone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Safari Technology Preview 248 Released"}]}, {"label": "Good enough baseline", "summary": "Seen as a decent, free baseline blocker for most people, including on a forced work browser.", "quotes": [{"id": 788957985, "item_id": 49309874, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49309874", "by": "Shank", "date": "2026-08-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "uBlock Origin Lite does a decent job at a baseline level of blocking for most people.", "excerpt": "Back when I first moved off of Firefox the answer was performance. A lot of users mass-migrated to Chrome because it supported a very similar set of extensions and was significantly more stable and performant. People like me evangelized switching to Chrome for everyone. Many copies of Chrome were installed by me. Now the performance still hasn\u2019t caught up to Chrome but it has improved, and uBlock Origin Lite does a d", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin"}, {"id": 775561104, "item_id": 48472569, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48472569", "by": "girvo", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "", "excerpt": "Work forces me to on the work laptop. But Ublock Origin Lite is good enough for that use-case. I use firefox everywhere else.", "context": "forced to use Chrome at work", "use_case": "ad blocking on work laptop", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 784238146, "item_id": 49014884, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014884", "by": "jjice", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's free, so I'd recommend adding it as an addition to the bunch.", "excerpt": "I use AdGuard, Wipr, and uBlock Origin Lite on my iPhone, and uBlock Origin on desktop. I swear there are little gaps in each that the others get, but they're very minor. When uBlock Origin Lote recently released on iOS (within the last year), I noticed a few more things blocked. I also prefer the custom element removal or uBlock and can reuse my desktop filters. It's free, so I'd recommend adding it as an addition t", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on iPhone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Safari Technology Preview 248 Released"}]}, {"label": "Fewer false positives", "summary": "One switcher says it blocks fewer legitimate things than the original.", "quotes": [{"id": 776920576, "item_id": 48557536, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557536", "by": "bastawhiz", "date": "2026-06-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Lite feels like it has fewer false positives.", "excerpt": "I guess that's what the GP and I are both saying we didn't feel. I have no idea what benefit \"dynamic filtering\" provides. It sounds good on paper but having tried both versions, I can't tell the experiences apart. I don't see ads, pages load fast, and that seems like enough? Actually, I'll take that back. I used to see far more stuff get blocked (e.g., when clicking links) than with Lite. Which is to say, Lite feels", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "uBlock Origin", "story": "Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "Less configurable", "summary": "Some commenters say it is more limited than full uBlock Origin because of Manifest V3 restrictions.", "quotes": [{"id": 787629537, "item_id": 49226846, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226846", "by": "wolvoleo", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Also the amount of configurability is extremely reduced.", "excerpt": "Does it also block the background tracking you don't see with the same effectiveness? Also the amount of configurability is extremely reduced. I personally need that because I use custom lists to reduce websites to just a list of headlines (similar to hacker news). Removing all the highlights, polls, other crap I don't need. I mainly use Firefox anyway so I use the real ublock origin.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on MV3", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"}, {"id": 776911376, "item_id": 48556961, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48556961", "by": "AntonyGarand", "date": "2026-06-16", "stance": "warn", "quote": "it is severely limited by the new ruleset and limitations, being a crippled version.", "excerpt": "There is ublock origin lite[0] on chromium which is the v3 compliant ad blocking strategy, but it is severely limited by the new ruleset and limitations, being a crippled version. There are more details available on this fan site of ublock[1]: > What Was Manifest V3? > Manifest V3 was Google's major update to the Chrome extension platform. The most significant change was replacing the webRequest API with the more lim", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on Chromium", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers"}, {"id": 775979440, "item_id": 48498715, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48498715", "by": "msm_", "date": "2026-06-11", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "It's worse than the original version, but it works.", "excerpt": "uBlock Origin Lite is still working and will continue working (since this is a MV3 issue). It's worse than the original version, but it works. (I use Firefox, but I've read your post before the linked post and I thought ublock Origin is the one being killed)", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking in Chrome", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google is finally killing uBlock Origin in Chrome for good"}]}, {"label": "Needs tweaking", "summary": "Some sites require manual adjustments or switching to complete mode for good blocking.", "quotes": [{"id": 775558640, "item_id": 48472415, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48472415", "by": "topsykrates", "date": "2026-06-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "it's been mostly good for me", "excerpt": "I have been using UBlock Origin Lite on Chrome for a while, and while it's not perfect and needs a bit of manual tweaking here and there, it's been mostly good for me", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on Chrome", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 787550736, "item_id": 49221921, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221921", "by": "phire", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I\u2019ve been using UBlock Origin Lite on my iPhone for a while, and that works great", "excerpt": "There is a dynamic API too that allows extensions to modify the blocklist at runtime. I\u2019ve been using UBlock Origin Lite on my iPhone for a while, and that works great, keeping itself updated from EasyList and allowing for custom rules. In some ways it\u2019s better, in some ways it\u2019s worse. Sometimes you have to flip it into \u201ccomplete mode\u201d (and give it full access to modify the current site) to get good blocking.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on iPhone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"}]}, {"label": "No per-site testing", "summary": "A web developer says filters can't vary per domain, so checking for a false positive means disabling it for all sites.", "quotes": [{"id": 788897393, "item_id": 49306087, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49306087", "by": "jimrandomh", "date": "2026-08-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "uBO lite filters can't vary per-domain, so in order to rule out an ad-blocking-false-positive on something I'm developing, I have to turn it off for _all_ sites", "excerpt": "I use Firefox with (non-lite) uBlock Origin, and occasionally fire up Chrome (with uBO Lite) for testing. The main issue that I run into is that uBO lite filters can't vary per-domain, so in order to rule out an ad-blocking-false-positive on something I'm developing, I have to turn it off for _all_ sites, not just localhost. (Actual false positives are rare, but needing to check is not so rare.)", "context": "web developer", "use_case": "testing in Chrome", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin"}]}], "who": [{"by": "ivanjermakov", "context": "iOS user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49944828", "date": "2026-10-03"}, {"by": "consumer451", "context": "iOS user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49778801", "date": "2026-09-20"}, {"by": "jimrandomh", "context": "web developer", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49306087", "date": "2026-08-14"}, {"by": "js2", "context": "Safari user on macOS/iOS", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48476534", "date": "2026-06-10"}, {"by": "girvo", "context": "forced to use Chrome at work", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48472569", "date": "2026-06-10"}], "tags": ["for Chrome users", "for iOS and Safari users", "for most casual users", "for locked-down work browsers"], "use_cases": ["ad blocking", "ad blocking in chrome", "ad blocking on ios safari", "ad blocking on mv3", "ad blocking on iphone", "ad blocking on safari"], "compared": [{"slug": "ublock-origin", "name": "uBlock Origin", "co": 17, "switched_from": 2, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "firefox", "name": "Firefox", "co": 12, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "chrome", "name": "Chrome", "co": 5, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "wipr", "name": "Wipr", "co": 4, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "wblock", "name": "wBlock", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 1}, {"slug": "safari", "name": "Safari", "co": 4, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "orion", "name": "Orion", "co": 2, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "adguard", "name": "AdGuard", "co": 4, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48471970", "title": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow", "mentions": 5}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49220392", "title": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did", "mentions": 4}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48555244", "title": "Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers", "mentions": 4}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49013356", "title": "Safari Technology Preview 248 Released", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49514878", "title": "Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49303202", "title": "Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin", "mentions": 2}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-01": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 11, "neutral": 2, "warn": 1}, "2026-07": {"recommend": 3, "compare": 1}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 6, "warn": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-10": {"neutral": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 799117249, "item_id": 49944828, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49944828", "by": "ivanjermakov", "date": "2026-10-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I used it on iOS for ad blocking until uBlock's release", "excerpt": "I used it on iOS for ad blocking until uBlock's release https://apps.apple.com/pl/app/ublock-origin-lite/id6745342698", "context": "iOS user", "use_case": "ad blocking on iOS", "switched_from": "Orion", "story": "An Update on Orion for Linux and Windows"}, {"id": 796460816, "item_id": 49778801, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49778801", "by": "consumer451", "date": "2026-09-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I finally got around to installing uBlock Origin Lite on iOS.", "excerpt": "Firefox is my daily on desktop, but on mobile it's Safari. I finally got around to installing uBlock Origin Lite on iOS. I used to run the Firefox version on iOS, but that was discontinued long ago, and I never replaced it. I feel like a bit of an idiot for not doing this sooner. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ublock-origin-lite/id6745342698", "context": "iOS user", "use_case": "ad blocking on iOS Safari", "switched_from": "", "story": "ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector"}, {"id": 792253504, "item_id": 49515844, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49515844", "by": "taviso", "date": "2026-08-31", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I think the new features in MV3 are great, and UBO lite is great.", "excerpt": "I think the new features in MV3 are great, and UBO lite is great. The initial versions of UBOl worked, but definitely lost some power user features. Those are basically all back, it now has full scriptlet support, custom dynamic filters work, element zapper is back and you can now have custom dnr rules. That's a very powerful feature that doesn't exist in UBO. The big loss for me with the mv2 deprecation was uMatrix,", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO"}, {"id": 792242865, "item_id": 49515179, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49515179", "by": "ranger_danger", "date": "2026-08-31", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "works at least as well for almost all users  as the original (MV2) uBO", "excerpt": "ungoogled-chromium (https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium-portablelinux/releases) still supports MV3/uBO and is de-Googled. However, this paper[1] suggests that uBO Lite (MV3) which is still supported in the latest Chrome/chromium browsers, works at least as well for almost all users as the original (MV2) uBO, and, in some cases even better than before... so it's really no cause for alarm IMO. [1] ", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on MV3", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO"}, {"id": 788957985, "item_id": 49309874, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49309874", "by": "Shank", "date": "2026-08-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "uBlock Origin Lite does a decent job at a baseline level of blocking for most people.", "excerpt": "Back when I first moved off of Firefox the answer was performance. A lot of users mass-migrated to Chrome because it supported a very similar set of extensions and was significantly more stable and performant. People like me evangelized switching to Chrome for everyone. Many copies of Chrome were installed by me. Now the performance still hasn\u2019t caught up to Chrome but it has improved, and uBlock Origin Lite does a d", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin"}, {"id": 788897393, "item_id": 49306087, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49306087", "by": "jimrandomh", "date": "2026-08-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "uBO lite filters can't vary per-domain, so in order to rule out an ad-blocking-false-positive on something I'm developing, I have to turn it off for _all_ sites", "excerpt": "I use Firefox with (non-lite) uBlock Origin, and occasionally fire up Chrome (with uBO Lite) for testing. The main issue that I run into is that uBO lite filters can't vary per-domain, so in order to rule out an ad-blocking-false-positive on something I'm developing, I have to turn it off for _all_ sites, not just localhost. (Actual false positives are rare, but needing to check is not so rare.)", "context": "web developer", "use_case": "testing in Chrome", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin"}, {"id": 787629537, "item_id": 49226846, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226846", "by": "wolvoleo", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Also the amount of configurability is extremely reduced.", "excerpt": "Does it also block the background tracking you don't see with the same effectiveness? Also the amount of configurability is extremely reduced. I personally need that because I use custom lists to reduce websites to just a list of headlines (similar to hacker news). Removing all the highlights, polls, other crap I don't need. I mainly use Firefox anyway so I use the real ublock origin.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on MV3", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"}, {"id": 787626097, "item_id": 49226631, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226631", "by": "tim333", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "uBlock Origin Lite works fine, basically as well as the old uBlock as far as I can tell.", "excerpt": "I use Chrome. uBlock Origin Lite works fine, basically as well as the old uBlock as far as I can tell. As to why, I kind of like it - the built in Google Lens tool is cool and I don't think is in the other browsers?", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking in Chrome", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"}, {"id": 787574160, "item_id": 49223385, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49223385", "by": "crazygringo", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "uBlock Origin Lite works amazingly on MV3.", "excerpt": "Right, but there is no meaningful difference in terms of ad blocking ability. It's all theoretical. In practice, uBlock Origin Lite works amazingly on MV3. In my experience, it blocks all the ads. And I've been using it for a while now.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"}, {"id": 787550736, "item_id": 49221921, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221921", "by": "phire", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I\u2019ve been using UBlock Origin Lite on my iPhone for a while, and that works great", "excerpt": "There is a dynamic API too that allows extensions to modify the blocklist at runtime. I\u2019ve been using UBlock Origin Lite on my iPhone for a while, and that works great, keeping itself updated from EasyList and allowing for custom rules. In some ways it\u2019s better, in some ways it\u2019s worse. Sometimes you have to flip it into \u201ccomplete mode\u201d (and give it full access to modify the current site) to get good blocking.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on iPhone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"}, {"id": 784250896, "item_id": 49015681, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015681", "by": "whstl", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "At least the blocker I use, uBlock Lite, isn't nerfed. It doesn't have Manifest v3-ish limitations", "excerpt": "At least the blocker I use, uBlock Lite, isn't nerfed. It doesn't have Manifest v3-ish limitations, and can do dynamic blocking, injection, etc.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Safari Technology Preview 248 Released"}, {"id": 784238146, "item_id": 49014884, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014884", "by": "jjice", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's free, so I'd recommend adding it as an addition to the bunch.", "excerpt": "I use AdGuard, Wipr, and uBlock Origin Lite on my iPhone, and uBlock Origin on desktop. I swear there are little gaps in each that the others get, but they're very minor. When uBlock Origin Lote recently released on iOS (within the last year), I noticed a few more things blocked. I also prefer the custom element removal or uBlock and can reuse my desktop filters. It's free, so I'd recommend adding it as an addition t", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on iPhone", "switched_from": "", "story": "Safari Technology Preview 248 Released"}, {"id": 784236098, "item_id": 49014756, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014756", "by": "jvican", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "compare", "quote": "Why's uBlock Origin better?", "excerpt": "I use Adguard/wipr to great success. Why's uBlock Origin better? Also, wipr now has filtr, which provides URL filtering at the macOS level, so it's as efficient as it gets.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on Safari", "switched_from": "", "story": "Safari Technology Preview 248 Released"}, {"id": 780802433, "item_id": 48800152, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48800152", "by": "Cider9986", "date": "2026-07-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend Brave browser or adding uBlock Origin Lite to your existing browser.", "excerpt": "You're not supposed to complain about the website design, according to the guidelines. It doesn't further the discussion. An adblocker not only blocks ads and trackers but also cookie notices, so that could improve your experience on the web. I recommend Brave browser or adding uBlock Origin Lite to your existing browser.", "context": "", "use_case": "blocking ads and cookie notices", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Official Rules for Calling Shotgun"}, {"id": 778503296, "item_id": 48656456, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48656456", "by": "soraminazuki", "date": "2026-06-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "uBlock Origin Lite is officially available for Safari now.", "excerpt": "FYI uBlock Origin Lite is officially available for Safari now.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking in Safari", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: New clean macOS install. Must-have apps? Best browser?"}, {"id": 777660992, "item_id": 48603812, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48603812", "by": "tim333", "date": "2026-06-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The article has uBlock lite, which works fine - I use it.", "excerpt": "The article has uBlock lite, which works fine - I use it. It's actually a bit easier to add/remove custom filters compared to Origin.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Setting Up a New Windows Laptop in 2026"}, {"id": 776937024, "item_id": 48558564, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558564", "by": "asadm", "date": "2026-06-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "i have been using uBlock Origin Lite and haven't missed MV2 at all?", "excerpt": "i have been using uBlock Origin Lite and haven't missed MV2 at all? What's the outrage? https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking in Chrome", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers"}, {"id": 776929696, "item_id": 48558106, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558106", "by": "dunham", "date": "2026-06-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "ublock origin lite is blocking a bunch of stuff for me, and things are unbearable when I turn it off.", "excerpt": "ublock origin lite is blocking a bunch of stuff for me, and things are unbearable when I turn it off. For many sites, especially news sites, I toggle javascript off. It's reasonably easy to do per site in chrome (click left of location bar and \"site settings\"). I don't know if there is an easy way to do this per site in firefox. So far I've stuck with chrome for a few reasons: - Mozilla doesn't implement desktop PWA ", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome's Next Update Will Mark the End of Popular Ad Blockers"}, {"id": 776923760, "item_id": 48557735, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557735", "by": "notatoad", "date": "2026-06-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "all the ads are blocked, just like they were with the v2-compatible adblocker.", "excerpt": "that is theoretically true. but i switched to the v3-compatible ublock origin lite a year ago and i've noticed essentially no difference in the performance. all the ads are blocked, just like they were with the v2-compatible adblocker.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "uBlock Origin", "story": "Google Chrome's Next Update Will Mark the End of Popular Ad Blockers"}, {"id": 776920576, "item_id": 48557536, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557536", "by": "bastawhiz", "date": "2026-06-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Lite feels like it has fewer false positives.", "excerpt": "I guess that's what the GP and I are both saying we didn't feel. I have no idea what benefit \"dynamic filtering\" provides. It sounds good on paper but having tried both versions, I can't tell the experiences apart. I don't see ads, pages load fast, and that seems like enough? Actually, I'll take that back. I used to see far more stuff get blocked (e.g., when clicking links) than with Lite. Which is to say, Lite feels", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "uBlock Origin", "story": "Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers"}, {"id": 776911376, "item_id": 48556961, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48556961", "by": "AntonyGarand", "date": "2026-06-16", "stance": "warn", "quote": "it is severely limited by the new ruleset and limitations, being a crippled version.", "excerpt": "There is ublock origin lite[0] on chromium which is the v3 compliant ad blocking strategy, but it is severely limited by the new ruleset and limitations, being a crippled version. There are more details available on this fan site of ublock[1]: > What Was Manifest V3? > Manifest V3 was Google's major update to the Chrome extension platform. The most significant change was replacing the webRequest API with the more lim", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on Chromium", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers"}, {"id": 776901648, "item_id": 48556353, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48556353", "by": "whitepoplar", "date": "2026-06-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use uBlock Origin Lite and haven't noticed a difference between it and uBlock Origin.", "excerpt": "A lot of people have been very vocal about this. I use uBlock Origin Lite and haven't noticed a difference between it and uBlock Origin. Am I missing something?", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers"}, {"id": 775979440, "item_id": 48498715, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48498715", "by": "msm_", "date": "2026-06-11", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "It's worse than the original version, but it works.", "excerpt": "uBlock Origin Lite is still working and will continue working (since this is a MV3 issue). It's worse than the original version, but it works. (I use Firefox, but I've read your post before the linked post and I thought ublock Origin is the one being killed)", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking in Chrome", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google is finally killing uBlock Origin in Chrome for good"}, {"id": 775828768, "item_id": 48489298, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48489298", "by": "dzonga", "date": "2026-06-11", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "ublock origin lite + adguard on safari are pretty decent.", "excerpt": "ublock origin lite + adguard on safari are pretty decent. yeah I love Firefox - but it takes a lot of memory + drains battery faster", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on Safari", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 775624544, "item_id": 48476534, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48476534", "by": "js2", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use uBO lite with Safari on macOS/iOS and maybe I just don't know what I'm (not?) missing, but it seems fine? I rarely see ads.", "excerpt": "I use uBO lite with Safari on macOS/iOS and maybe I just don't know what I'm (not?) missing, but it seems fine? I rarely see ads. Is uBO lite for Chrome that much worse than uBO?", "context": "Safari user on macOS/iOS", "use_case": "ad blocking in Safari", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 775566066, "item_id": 48472879, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48472879", "by": "dvh", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I'm using chromium (with ublock origin lite)", "excerpt": "There are 2 reasons why I'm using chromium (with ublock origin lite) over Firefox: 1. Chromium is significantly faster (maybe 5 to 10x faster on certain tasks mostly around canvas but anything that requires fast ui really). Every time I use Firefox it feels like it has some kind of serious problem. If chrome was this slow I would stop working and start investigating what part of my computer is broken. This experience", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 775561104, "item_id": 48472569, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48472569", "by": "girvo", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "", "excerpt": "Work forces me to on the work laptop. But Ublock Origin Lite is good enough for that use-case. I use firefox everywhere else.", "context": "forced to use Chrome at work", "use_case": "ad blocking on work laptop", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 775558640, "item_id": 48472415, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48472415", "by": "topsykrates", "date": "2026-06-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "it's been mostly good for me", "excerpt": "I have been using UBlock Origin Lite on Chrome for a while, and while it's not perfect and needs a bit of manual tweaking here and there, it's been mostly good for me", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on Chrome", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 744266773, "item_id": 46516673, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46516673", "by": "elashri", "date": "2026-01-06", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "on my iPhone I use wipr + uBlock Origin lite", "excerpt": "I hate ads with all my heart. And I go out of my way to religiously block them. I employ DNS blocking (through my own adguard home server) on my whole network (I use this DNS server connected to unbound to act as recursive DNS on all devices even when I am outside home). I use ublock origin on Firefox browser (one of the forks that guts Firefox ads and privacy settings by default) and on my iPhone I use wipr + uBlock", "context": "", "use_case": "iPhone ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appear After 5 Seconds"}, {"id": 741248018, "item_id": 46328001, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46328001", "by": "bjord", "date": "2025-12-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Might be worth trying one of these with regular safari", "excerpt": "I'm a kagi fan, but my family members who I've had try orion ran into quite a few issues. Might be worth trying one of these with regular safari: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ublock-origin-lite/id6745342698 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wipr-2/id1662217862 on android I use firefox with the regular ublock origin extension", "context": "", "use_case": "ad blocking on iOS Safari", "switched_from": "", "story": "Is Firefox Firefucked?"}]}