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Re:Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome ar... by gorhill on Saturday December 27, 2014 @09:26AM (#8802618)
I myself most often write "uBlock" and pronounce "you-block", as in "users decide".

I originally used the mu character in place of the u to emphasize smaller resource footprint relative to similar solutions out there.

I've never been good with picking name etc., unfortunately now we are stuck with it.

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Re:Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome ar... by Intermernet on Sunday December 28, 2014 @04:32AM (#8805847)
Don't sweat it. It's actually quite a good name. It works both as "you block" and "micro block" depending on reading the first character as "u" or "mu".
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