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Re:uBlock Origin 1.20 by nvrspyx on Monday June 17, 2019 @01:55AM (#20200261)
The quoted bit was about a built-in ad blocker specifically. I think the real major point is:

“There are a couple components I want to touch on here - As mentioned elsewhere, we're still evaluating the adblock Manifest V3 changes, so we're not quite ready to commit to a statement one way or another on that issue.”

And:

“Second, we're committed to a strong extension ecosystem, including ad blocking. We're still evaluating some of the latest changes here in Chromium, but we're committed to the customer scenario as a principle. To be clear, we will not artificially restrict ad blocking for business reasons related to advertising.”

Re:uBlock Origin 1.20 by icebraining on Monday June 17, 2019 @06:44AM (#20201607)
That's mostly fluff. Google also says they're not restricting ad blocking for business reasons, but for performance, and they haven't banned all ad-blocking, just forced addons to use their new mechanism, so they can still claim to support an ecosystem that includes ad-blocking.
Re:uBlock Origin 1.20 by nvrspyx on Monday June 24, 2019 @10:57AM (#20264159)
Agreed. It doesn’t mean much, but I thought I would just point out the actual relevant bits even if they don’t hold much weight.