Agree. The web is literally unusable without uBlock Origin. It should be a standard browser feature at this point, like popup blockers.

I personally consider uBlock Origin as an Internet infrastructure component. I have no ... _no_ idea whatsoever how some people use the Internet without it.

In addition to uBlock Origin, I also have a few piholes (two locations), and I use NoScript as well. It's nice to have multiple layers of defense.

it _is_ a browser feature for e.g. brave, vivaldi and (experimental, afair) firefox.

Popup blockers were also a differentiator, once.

The difference is that the biggest popup offender was not the same company behind the browser everyone uses...

Just imagine if Netscape and MS made all their money from popups at the time.

You are 100% correct and if uBlock Origin didn't exist I would dedicate my life to creating it.