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In that case you might as well browse different websites because using adblocker makes your browser render different content.
Microsoft is welcome to include a native content blocker in their rendering engine
It even works without a network connection.
Microsoft didn't just do a battery test, they also release statistics based on Windows 10 telemetry showing that Edge has better battery life than Chrome, Firefox: "In addition to testing battery life internally, Microsoft also looks at tens of millions of PCs that send telemetry data to the firm, Weber said. And what it sees there is simple: A small advantage over Firefox, but massive gains of about 50 percent addit…
People who use the Edge browser may do less on their computers while web browsing than people who use chrome?
Opera with an ad blocker vs Edge without it doesn't seem like an ubiased test.
Even with the ad blocker being a feature in opera out of the box? They were trying to show that opera can achieve better battery performance based on it's features and optimizations. Does that not include the ad-blocker?
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Not necessarily true if both ad blockers are using the same filter lists. I find Adblock Plus and uBlock Origin (I prefer the latter) to be relatively on par in terms of things they block and things they tend to miss, even cross browser. I think the initial pageload would be the biggest differnce, as it relies on the performance of the adblocker in applying its filters to the DOM once it's loaded. The underlying exte…
His point is that only one of the browsers was using an ad blocker so they were rendering different content because one rendered ads and the other did not.
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No, I don't think so. Maybe I'm a bit paranoid but I tend to avoid software from Chinese companies because of all recent stories of a apps stealing/sending data that they don't necessarily need to function. But I suppose software from any country could do the same thing though...
And what is your position about hardware?
I stopped using Chrome when I discovered it took hours off my battery life on a MacBook. Edge can't be almost as bad. Intuitively I would believe the ranking in terms of battery life would be Safari > Edge or Opera > Firefox > Chrome.
Opera with an ad blocker vs Edge without it doesn't seem like an ubiased test.
Perhaps the fairest approach would be to compare results across the different browsers with the presence or absence of various adblockers: * Edge (no adblocker) * Opera (default adblocker) * Opera (adblocker disabled) * Chrome (no adblocker) * Chrome (uBlock Origin) Otherwise you're just lying through omission to make your product seem better.
Many users may not like this.
What really surprised me were the run times of that laptop. Man that is crappy battery life for both instances. My thinkpad T220 with extended battery and 13" Macbook pro both decimate that battery life.