# Firefox with uBlock Origin

16 Hacker News commenters recommended Firefox with uBlock Origin and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free and widely seen as the strongest ad blocker, though one critic reports heavy CPU and memory use.

## Why people recommend it

- Preferred over other ad blockers (4 comments): "mobile adblocking goes Firefox (with uBlock Origin) > Safari (with 1Blocker)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47485038)) "As always, using Firefox with Ublock Origin is the answer." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48268968)) "Staying on Firefox + uBlock has been worth the headache" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49281591))
- Blocks ads and YouTube ads well (4 comments): "Ublock in firefox sees the actual content in my browser and can distinguish youtube videos from ads." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50074674)) "I thought uBlock Origin on Firefox was the most effective combination available" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46515119)) "The main reason uBlock on Firefox works better is because of CNAME de-cloaking." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49517805))
- Works on Android (3 comments): "mobile adblocking goes Firefox (with uBlock Origin) > Safari (with 1Blocker)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47485038)) "Firefox + uBlock Origin works just fine on Android." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46971008)) "Same for Firefox + uBlock on Android" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46924686))

## 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, "Firefox with uBlock Origin", https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-with-ublock-origin/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).