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<sup> <!-- Pronounciation -->
pronounced <i>you-block</i> (<code>/ˈjuːˌblɒk/</code>) — <i>you</i> decide what enters your browser.
<i>you</i> decide what enters your browser.
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<sup> <!-- Languages -->
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**An efficient blocker add-on for various browsers. Fast, potent, and lean.**&nbsp;&nbsp;[<img src="https://travis-ci.org/chrisaljoudi/uBlock.svg?branch=master" height="12">](https://travis-ci.org/chrisaljoudi/uBlock)
**An efficient blocker add-on for various browsers. Fast, potent, and lean.**&nbsp;&nbsp;[<img src="https://travis-ci.org/chrisaljoudi/uBlock.svg?branch=master" height="16">](https://travis-ci.org/chrisaljoudi/uBlock)
* [Purpose & General Info](#philosophy)
* [What is uBlock?](#what-is-ublock)
* [Documentation](#documentation)
* [Performance and Efficiency](#performance)
* [Memory](#memory)
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* [Release History](#release-history)
* [Wiki](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/wiki)
## Philosophy
## What is uBlock?
uBlock is not an *ad blocker*; it's a general-purpose blocker. uBlock blocks ads through its support of the [Adblock Plus filter syntax](https://adblockplus.org/en/filters). uBlock [extends](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/wiki/Filter-syntax-extensions) the syntax and is designed to work with custom rules and filters.
uBlock is a general-purpose blocker — not an *ad blocker* specifically.
That said, it's important to note that using a blocker is **NOT** [theft](https://twitter.com/LeaVerou/status/518154828166725632). Don't fall for this creepy idea. The _ultimate_ logical consequence of `blocking = theft` is the criminalisation of the inalienable right to privacy.
uBlock blocks ads through its support of the [Adblock Plus filter syntax](https://adblockplus.org/en/filters). uBlock [extends](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/wiki/Filter-syntax-extensions) the syntax and is designed to work with custom rules and filters.
Ads, "unintrusive" or not, are just the visible portions of privacy-invading apparatus entering your browser when you visit most sites nowadays. **uBlock's main goal is to help users neutralize such privacy-invading apparatus** — in a way that welcomes those users who don't wish to use more technical, involved means (such as [µMatrix](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uMatrix)).
That said, it's important to note that blocking ads [is *not* theft](https://twitter.com/LeaVerou/status/518154828166725632). Don't fall for this creepy idea. The _ultimate_ logical consequence of `blocking = theft` is the criminalisation of the inalienable right to privacy.
uBlock's main goal is to help users neutralize privacy-invading apparatus — ads being one example.
## Documentation