uBlock Origin Lite
Shares rank 15 of 16 ad blockers by recommenders
Recommended as a Manifest V3 ad blocker that blocks ads about as well as the original uBlock Origin for nearly all users.
Recommended as a Manifest V3 ad blocker that blocks ads about as well as the original uBlock Origin for nearly all users.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Blocks ads about as well as uBO
“MV3 ad blocking extensions like uBO Lite work fine for 99.9% of cases.”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers” “works at least as well for almost all users as the original (MV2) uBO”
Comment from 31 Aug 2026 in “Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO” “uBO Lite exists and blocks ads just as well as uBO.”
Comment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow” Works under Manifest V3 rules
“Manifest V3 doesn't prevent anyone from blocking ads, as proven by uBO Lite”
Comment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow” “MV3 ad blocking extensions like uBO Lite work fine for 99.9% of cases.”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers”
Other ad blockers people recommend
The four most recommended other ad blockers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| uBlock Origin | 765 | 71 | 92% | 13 | 2 yrs9 owners | Approved |
| uBlock Origin Lite | 148 | 65 | 69% | 12 | 1 yr5 owners | Approved |
| AdGuard | 78 | 8 | 91% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Wipr 2 | 41 | 7 | 85% | 11 | — | Approved |
| uBlock Origin LiteThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“works at least as well for almost all users as the original (MV2) uBO”
“It does seem to have some sort of element picker / own filters. I've been using that.”
“MV3 ad blocking extensions like uBO Lite work fine for 99.9% of cases.”
“uBO Lite is good enough for me.”
“Manifest V3 doesn't prevent anyone from blocking ads, as proven by uBO Lite”
“uBO Lite exists and blocks ads just as well as uBO.”
“There is no need to use uBOL on Firefox”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.