Part of NoScripts behaviour is the display of it's ads. That's what it does - it displays ads as part of its website on the extension update page. So those ad

Part of NoScripts behaviour is the display of it's ads. That's what it does - it displays ads as part of its website on the extension update page. So those ads are part of the extensions behavior. Obviously some users supported the NoScript author through the ads or donations. So by blocking those - and blocking the update alltogether - AdBlock was disrespecting what some of the NoScript users wanted. My point still holds that both were not doing the best in the interest of their users, mozilla, or even themselves. It was destructive all round.