In a response to negative feedback, Google shared that Chrome's current ad blocking capabilities for extensions will soon be restricted to enterprise users.
Ad blocking is preferred for security of those enterprise users. Although I'm aware the risk of malvertising has decreased over the past few years, it still exists. If they limit ad blocking extensions, then they at least need to provide a reasonably priced SKU that has that capability built in
You know it will. Do yourself a favor and move to Firefox sooner than later. I used Chrome for years and out off the migration, but since switching to Firefox a few months ago I love it. Should've done this a long time ago.
I think some downstream projects will choose to not implement it. Vivaldi and Brave browser committed to not implementing it when it drops, so those two will likely be fine, at least for now
I think some downstream projects will choose to not incorporate that feature. Vivaldi and Brave browser both committed to not implementing it, not too sure about others