Do Not Track vs AdBlockPlus

[nevadacrab]

A post in this forum got me thinking -
I have both AdBlockPlus and Do Not Track. Do I need both? Does one do something the other doesn't? If not, which is superior?
I have really old laptops and any boost in speed is appreciated.

[jaycelou]

I have both installed as well, the reason was I though that DNT block tracker, AdBlockPlus block Ad. They perform different task.
Please correct me if I was wrong, or any expert out there could explain to us the major benefit of using the two, both or just one of it.
Thanks.

[Apollo702]

IMO they both are flawed and a waste of time. I used to run ABP much more than DNT but neither are all that they are cracked up to be. I wont repost it all again but read my other posts for what truly works.

[alan9182]

IMO they both are flawed and a waste of time. I used to run ABP much more than DNT but neither are all that they are cracked up to be. I wont repost it all again but read my other posts for what truly works.

You are now at 76 posts.
I am too tired to search for the other 75 posts to find your views
I would rather click on a link.

[lyceus]

As I commented in an older post, ABP started to "pass" some trackers from Facebook. It was on and I saw in a web page "since you share lots of stories from this website in Facebook, please install our add-on for made that automatically". So well with this ABP lost all my trust for good.

[nevadacrab]

As I commented in an older post, ABP started to "pass" some trackers from Facebook. It was on and I saw in a web page "since you share lots of stories from this website in Facebook, please install our add-on for made that automatically". So well with this ABP lost all my trust for good.

AdBlockPlus (by design) allows some ads. it says so at their site. I've actually been using Ad Block Edge which is a variant of ABP that does not do that.
I thought, as does jaycelou that they did different things, but now I'm not sure. Still asking.