This. The internet has literally become unusable for me without ublock origin. If Google makes good on their threat of disabling adblockers, I'll ditch Chrome immediately. I was a lifelong Firefox user until a few years ago, when I just had to admit that Chrome was significantly better. But without ublock, any advantage it has becomes meaningless.
Better start installing Firefox then. They already removed Ublock Origin from the extension site so you can’t install on new systems anymore. (There’s probably some hoops you can jump through to install it, but the writing is on the wall)
"Tech bros" and so-called "tech" companies peddling surveillance websites that they call "platforms" would like the public to believe the web is "the internet". This of course is not true.
It's a purely web-centric, and "web browser"-centric, perspective that denies fact: the internet is more than the www.
A tech bro 100% focused on "web apps" and other garbage might claim that anyone citing the fact that "the internet" is more than the web is "a twisted form of pedantism". After all, the web is where the majority of online advertising is found. This is the tech bro "business model" and web-centrism is therefore vigorously defended.
Fortunately the rest of the internet beyond the web (as accessed through popular web browsers that deliver online advertising) is usable without uBlock Origin, although controlling DNS is often essential.
Big Tech with their online advertising "business model" may control "the web". And we can see that has resulted in a sewer of advertising. But the web is only one use of the internet amongst many, many others that are not used to deliver advertising.
Unfortunately many sites don't care about your consent either way. The cookie is saved before you get to click anything so blocking the banner blocks only the annoyance unless you go further than just blocking the banner.
Yes. In short, I start with a friendly email. If no response, I follow up with a formal, signed complaint. Then if no action, I report to our country's DPA.
In quite a few cases, the friendly email alone does the trick. Sometimes the premature cookies are indeed a bug, and get fixed quickly.
I recommend limiting the number of extension you have.
Each extensions is a possible attack vector, the author can get hacked and a malware pushed instead of the extension.
Ignoring the popup doesn't consent cookies.