> Brave is just a top-speed (better than using JS in extension code) blocker
Did you run some comparison to back this? I would love to see some numbers.
Did you run some comparison to back this? I would love to see some numbers.
If anyone wants to benchmark, results welcome, but we do not view uBO on Chrome as competition -- rather we cooperate on blocking tech where we can with @gorhill et al. We are out to take unblocked Chrome user share.
I understand that you are not competing with uBlock. But I’m always a bit sceptical when I read that it’s faster because it’s C++. Since it is not necessarily true and some measurement is needed before being able to reach this conclusion. I understand though that blocking from the network gives some (constant factor?) advantage compared to a JavaScript extension.
I've been doing browsers since JS was super-slow, advocated its use in Mozilla XUL UX back in the day without it being an issue _per se_, watched JITting JS engines make it even less of an issue for such 10Hz or even 60fps deadlines when done right -- but C++ over JS and in same process vs. multiprocess matters for blocking, due in large part to how many requests there are, and how they affect page rendering.
We are benchmarking again now that we have staff, so I'll try to update here if I do get any results. I don't believe we are yet testing vs. uBO+Chrome, though, for the reason given. We are allies.