[jakub_g]

I feel like the article is missing an important milestone about release of Brave browser for Android circa 2017/2018 (it's only briefly mentioned at the end).

It changed the landscape on Android in my opinion: it was the first browser that was as good as Chrome (fast, same look & feel -- being a fork of Chromium -- plus regularly updated and having strong, credible technical team behind it) but also having ad blocking built-in and other additional privacy measures. Soon Opera added ad blocking as well, and other browsers (except Chrome) followed.

[Scottn1]

You have your timeline backwards. Opera was the first browser to implement a built-in native adblocker in 2016. Here is the blog announcement: https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2016/03/opera-built-ad-block...

Opera was and actually continues to be a pioneering browser with many "firsts" over the years. I was an avid user of it for a decade but I am saddened that it has become surrounded in controversy with a shady Chinese owner and predatory loans and stopped using it two years ago.

https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/19/opera-accused-of-predato...

[jakub_g]

Good catch! Here's a better link specifically talking about mobile: https://blogs.opera.com/news/2016/06/ad-blocker-android-ios-...

[SirLotsaLocks]

Samsungs browser also has adblock