There is a historic reason for this. uBlock was handed over to another entity, who then engaged with ad networks and did "Acceptable Ads" BS. gorhill's fork app

There is a historic reason for this. uBlock was handed over to another entity, who then engaged with ad networks and did "Acceptable Ads" BS. gorhill's fork appears to have been immediately after the hand-off, however. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBlock_Origin#uBlock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBlock_Origin#uBlock