Those sites that showed you the “disable ad blocker” pop up that prompted you to leaving won’t miss you.
The point Google seem to be making quite clearly, is that the browser does not serve my needs, but the needs of Googles paying customers.
But hey, it's great that some people want to make the devices they own and holds extremely valuable days of their own person, something controlled by external entities.
Don't worry, those of us who know our tech and value our privacy, will continue not listening to the "just take it" crowd.
You want to support the ad-funded website you keep coming to, yes or no? Yeah ideally every website would have a paid option for the HN crowd with cushy jobs, but that's not always feasible.
In that case, ads, being psychological manipulation to get users to do things they would not otherwise do, are already highly unethical. The ethical think to do is to discourage their use, which includes blocking them for yourself thus making them less profitable overall.