@dangoodin Don't do it, Dan.
Check out my post on this: https://www.quippd.com/writing/2024/10/16/google-is-killing-uBlock-origin-no-chromium-browser-is-safe.html#built-in-ad-blockers (I mention Vivaldi).
Happy to think through other objections, but the Mozilla haters are strong on Mastodon but don't feel grounded in the real world to me. Needing to pay the bills is a thing for most companies and Mozilla is no different - especially when working against much larger companies to maintain a web engine along with a browser.