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How many Adblocking/Privacy extensions are too much? (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/privacyguides@lemmy.one
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So as the title mentions, I'm wondering how much is too much?

I am currently using Brave with the setting to:

  • Aggressively block trackers & ads
  • Only connect with HTTPS
  • Block fingerprinting
  • Block cross-site cookies

In addition to that, I have installed the following extensions:

  • uBlock Origin
  • Ghostery
  • Decentraleyes
  • DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials

So my question is: Is this overkill? If so, what should/could be removed that may be redundant? I want as much coverage as possible, but not have things bloated.

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

Very interesting site.

On Vivaldi I get:

  • No blocking in settings: 39% (how?)

  • only Ghostery active: 86%

  • only uBlock active: 100% (ghostery still reports trackers)

  • Vivaldi Max blocking, no add-ons: 53%

  • Vivaldi max blocking + Ghostery: 93%

  • All max blocing and on: 100% (same as just uBlock)
    uBlock reports 144 blocked
    Ghostery reports 53 blocked

Even with only uBlock I get a report of 144 blocked ads (96%) with 150 tests and the site showing 100% score Interesting. It's a nice test site, but I think I can conclude in my setup that uBlock is the best blocker, but a combination of Vivaldi's settings and uBlock is a minimum. No clue if ghostery ads anything, but the site won't test everything as it's impossible to do that in the ad war we're in.

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