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Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin
(www.pcworld.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
You don't really need anything else. Frankly, the guy you're replying to is being a whiny bitch about this. FF + uBlock is plenty - all you have to do is spend 60 seconds configuring it.
Toggle FF's AI killswitch to the "enabled" option, set your default search engine to whatever you prefer, and turn on uBlock's "annoyances" list. That's it.