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Edge on (android, not sure about iOS) mobile has "Adblock Plus" built in that can be enabled. Sure, I'd rather UBlock Origin like on my pc but when/if that stops working on Edge desktop, I wonder if they'd add a similar built in thing to desktop...
You might want to read this: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/business/media/adblock-plus-created-to-protect-users-from-ads-opens-the-door.html
Unpaywalled version: https://archive.is/eIuNW
There is an option to disable allowing "acceptable ads", which seems better than nothing. Obvs can just use Firefox with UBlock Origin also lol.
At least they includes that option, but calling their extension "Adblock" while also selling ads is a massive conflict of interest IMO.
Yeah, I get that. Curious to how M$ handle it on desktop.