When comparing AdBlocker Ultimate vs Text Blackness, the Slant community recommends AdBlocker Ultimate for most people. In the question“What are the best Chrome add-ons?” AdBlocker Ultimate is ranked 31st while Text Blackness is ranked 33rd.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Completely free
Pro Best Youtube ad blocking
Pro Free and open source
Anyone can improve and audit the code.
Licensed with a gplv3 license.
Pro Supports most popular browsers
AdBlocker Ultimate works on Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Safari and Yandex.Browser.
Pro No acceptable ads
Unlike other adblockers, AdBlocker Ultimate doesn't have any whitelisted websites, ad networks or advertising agencies.
Pro Avoids awful looping problems on Firefox one sees with Adblock Plus and uBlock
Pro Privacy
Author is transparent about privacy and it’s a Swedish company.
Pro Only need pay once
Doesn’t ask for subscription.
Pro Can adjust how dark you want
You can set it to darken just enough so buttons don’t look too strange.
Pro Can make links darker
It’s actually surprisingly comfortable to read things when light blue links are turned dark blue.
Cons
Con Just a browser addon
It is just a browser addon so it will only work with the supported browsers and you have to install it for all browsers separately.
Con Element hiding helper has occasional hiccups.
Con Memory hog that gets worse the longer it runs
Happened with 64-Bit Firefox 62.0.3 running on Desktop PC with 64-Bit Windows 10 Pro with 8GB of RAM.
Con Slow
Like any browser extension it slows down your browser.
Con No Firefox support
Con Not free
It costs $17.
