Disconnect vs uBlock Origin Lite

Disconnect exposes and blocks trackers, data brokers and surveillance networks across websites, apps and email. Its Basic Extension displays and blocks trackers on visited websites. On iOS and Android, Tracker Protection uses encrypted DNS to block trackers across apps and browsers without a VPN. Privacy Pro for iOS adds Smart VPN, custom blocking rules and activity logs. Disconnect Premium can encrypt internet activity and mask the user's IP address in encrypted mode, using AES 256-bit encryption and 2048-bit Diffie-Hellman key exchange. Users can choose Blocking mode, focused on privacy and performance, or Encrypted mode, which may slow connections. Its ad blocking targets privacy-invasive ads that track users or may distribute malvertising, rather than every advertisement. A free plan is available, and the pricing note lists paid plans from $50/yr; Premium is also listed at $5 a month. Website subscriptions cover three unique devices. App Store subscriptions are limited to the purchasing iTunes user and their iPhone or iPad devices.

uBlock Origin Lite is a free, open-source content-blocking extension built on the Manifest V3 API. It blocks ads, trackers, miners, and other content after installation. Its default rules include uBlock Origin lists, EasyList, EasyPrivacy, and Peter Lowe’s ad and tracking server list. Users can add rulesets, custom filters, and filter lists, and use an element picker and cookie-popup blocking. Filtering is declarative, so no permanent process is required; the project says the browser performs CSS and JavaScript injection and the extension itself uses no CPU or memory while blocking. The project says it collects no data, has no analytics or telemetry hooks, and makes no remote requests except for filter lists users explicitly subscribe to. Users can allow all-site filtering or reduce host permissions. It warns Lite is not an automatic uBlock Origin replacement and may be less effective against anti-blocker sites or breakage.