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My personal policy is that if an extension doesn't have a very limited scope (for example adblockers that need full access to everything), it has to be open source and I'll install it from source to control when extensions are updated.

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The only adblocker I’ll install is Privacy Badger from EFF. If the EFF starts injecting malware, I think I’ll go ahead and stop using the internet and move to a cabin in the woods.

Privacy Badger isn’t an adblocker but an anti-tracker. Even the developers of Privacy Badger probably assume that you will be running their plugin alongside uBlock Origin.

True, but since most ads are also trackers, it does a decent enough job for me.

DNS-based adblocking (like Pihole, NextDNS etc.) works well in this scenario, nothing installed locally.

do you use it? how's the success rate so far?

lots of web properties now serve ads from origin, blockindg dns might not help with that?

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