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Blocking advertisements on web pages is becoming increasingly popular and an ad blocker is now one of the most installed browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox. To see how an ad blocker performs while blocking ads and how many resources it uses while doing so, we have decided to put several to the test.

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The Next Web performed a similar test a few days ago with a new ad blocking app called Crystal for iOS 9. This is the first of many apps that will take advantage of the new Content Blocker API from Apple.

 

http://thenextweb.com/apple/2015/08/24/ios-9-content-blocking-will-transform-the-mobile-web-ive-tried-it

 

The next version of iOS comes with a major new feature called ‘content blockers’ which will allow users to install apps that block trackers, advertisements and other unwanted content for the first time.

 

Content blockers do more than just improve Safari’s general performance, they also affect the new iOS 9 web view, which can be used in many third-party apps, like Twitter and Facebook, making external links faster to load.

 

Over the last few days I've been testing an experimental content blocker called Crystal, which promises to speed up browsing on iOS. I’ve been particularly impressed by the results and taken aback by how much removing trackers, ads and other scripts makes a difference over a cellular connection.

 

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http://murphyapps.co/blog/2015/8/22/crystal-benchmarks

 

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10 Ad Blocking Extensions Tested for Best Performance « Raymond.CC

I think Raymond is going to have to redo his tests next week.

 

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