This might convince you:
With AdBlock Plus memory usage was 175,932KB and fell to 99,900KB.
With uBlock memory usage was 59,516KB and fell to 35,704KB.
I was quite stunned. They have exactly the same success rate in blocking ads. Needless to say, I've switched ad blockers.
Quote from AMReynolds on Lifehacker....a website with 15 trackers, the list of trackers I would not expect Lifehacker would have:
Amazon Associates
Reclame, Affiliate Marketing
ChartBeat
Analytics
Criteo
Reclame, Search
DoubleClick Spotlight
Bakens, Tag Manager, Analytics
Facebook Connect
Widgets, Social
Facebook Social Plugins
Widgets, Social
Google Adsense
Reclame
Google Analytics
Analytics, Analytics
Krux Digital
Bakens
NetRatings SiteCensus
Analytics
Quantcast
Reclame
ScoreCard Research Beacon
Bakens, Analytics
SimpleReach
Bakens
SkimLinks
Reclame, Affiliate Marketing, In-Text Ads
Twitter Button
Widgets, Social
Anyway, uBlock is cute and effective...
Damian