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by autoexec 833 days ago
> uBlock remains possibly the most popular browser extension on the planet, for good reason

And the most popular web browser is working hard on making it useless. Chipping away at what users are allowed to block and conditioning a new generation of users to accept the loss of freedom. Expect it to continue.

> I can easily envision a company making a sizable amount of bank on the idea of sanitizing the internet for their users.

I can easily that company being bought by an ad company and buried. There are times when it's more profitable to not give consumers what they want and very few companies are going to leave money on the table when it's right there for the taking.