By that logic, Firefox would be in the same boat. After initially installing, you have to turn off data collection in the settings and disable Pocket in the config.

IE sucked though. Chrome doesn’t.

I live in the US. If I turn on uBlock for banking websites, they often don’t work.

On banking websites, yes.

so forcing us to watch them feels like a huge overstep.

We live in a fascist society so I wouldn’t be suprised of their audacity…