# AdBlock

18 Hacker News commenters recommended AdBlock and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 12 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free ad blocker that people use for years with little hassle, especially on YouTube and Safari; the Manifest V3 version is imperfect and some say it misses newer ad tech.

## Why people recommend it

- Works well on YouTube and Safari (3 comments): "it does handle Youtube's website very well with Safari and AdBlock." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46841011)) "On iOs with BlockBear and AdBlock works fine." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50118170)) "I use Safari with the AdBlock add-on." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47179714))
- Reliable ad blocking (3 comments): "they perform about as well as you need them to for an adblocker" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46052671)) "You don't need RSS; you need AdBlock." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47488179)) "You know what does work? Adblock." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008599))
- Works fine on Manifest V3 (2 comments): "I've been using manifest v3 version of Adblock and it's worked just fine for me. But obviously is not perfect" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48559467)) "I've been using manifest v3 version of Adblock and it's worked just fine for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48556660))

## What people warn about

- Manifest V3 version less effective (3 comments): "I've been using manifest v3 version of Adblock and it's worked just fine for me. But obviously is not perfect" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48559467)) "find and old version of Adblock which isn't hip to all the new invasive ad technology" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49801750)) "I've been using manifest v3 version of Adblock and it's worked just fine for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48556660))
- Acceptable Ads whitelisting for payment (2 comments): "It's the same model as AdBlock and the "Acceptable Ads"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48183270)) "charged firms 1mi to "whitelist good ads"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49322404))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [uBlock Origin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ublock-origin.md): 765 recommend
- [uBlock Origin Lite](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ublock-origin-lite.md): 148 recommend
- [AdGuard](https://hackerapproved.com/p/adguard.md): 78 recommend
- [Wipr 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wipr.md): 41 recommend
- [uBlock](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ublock.md): 32 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "AdBlock", https://hackerapproved.com/p/adblock/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).