Quoting zap (calmstorm@???):

> I would agree adblock is much more memory intensive and ethically unsound.

ABP's 'Acceptable Ads' whitelisting is pretty questionable. OTOH, it's
openly documented (e.g., https://adblockplus.org/acceptable-ads) and
easy to revert. Just uncheck the 'Allow nonintrusive advertising' checkbox.