I understand that a political issue is what drove them apart originally. However, people continually assert that uBlock Origin is the better extension. Is there anyone who has done an objective, non-political comparison of their featuresets and/or technical properties to really evaluate which one is superior for end users?
I can say anecdotally, that I found plain uBlock more featureful for everyday usage, but I haven't done a thorough review. I currently use uBlock Origin.
For one thing, uBlock Origin is constantly being updated, while uBlock hasn't been touched in quite awhile[0]. The uBlock maintainer seemingly quit working on it so that he could work on a paid ad-blocker for iOS called Purify instead.[1]
I can say anecdotally, that I found plain uBlock more featureful for everyday usage, but I haven't done a thorough review. I currently use uBlock Origin.