Not only to be safer, not only to block the ads because nobody wants it. Not only because you download 250mb of data and not even 1mb of data is what you really want or need.

It is our obligation to block ads. Never ever ever open a browser without uBlock Origin or some other protection to at least block the ads.

That will not end the tracking and privacy nightmare sites are, but it is a small step to it.

Read more on the blog, there is a shutdown Meta blog post also.