**Foreword:** Using a blocker is **NOT** [theft](https://twitter.com/LeaVerou/status/518154828166725632). Do not fall for this creepy idea. The _ultimate_ logical consequence of "blocking = theft" is the criminalisation of the inalienable right to privacy.
**µBlock is not an "ad blocker", it's a blocker in the broad sense**, which happens to block ads through its support of [Adblock Plus filter syntax](https://adblockplus.org/en/filters). µBlock [extends](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Filter-syntax-extensions) the syntax.
_EasyList_, _Peter Lowe's Adservers_ , _EasyPrivacy_ and _Fanboy's Social Block List_ are enabled by default when you install µBlock. Many more lists are readily available to protect yourself from trackers, analytics, data mining, and more ads. Hosts files are supported.
My main goal with µBlock is to help users neutralize as much as can be privacy-invading apparatus (of which ads, "unintrusive" or not, are just the visible portion) for users who do not want to deal with more technical means like [µMatrix](https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix).
<sup>Details of the benchmark available in <ahref="https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/doc/benchmarks/mem-usage-overall-20141224.ods">this LibreOffice spreadsheet</a>.</sup>
<sup>Details of the benchmark available in <ahref="https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/doc/benchmarks/cpu-usage-overall-20141226.ods">this LibreOffice spreadsheet</a>.</sup>
From the [Chrome store](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm), the [Opera store](https://addons.opera.com/en-gb/extensions/details/ublock/), or [manually](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/tree/master/dist#install).