Well, it's Apple ain't it? It it would be Google or Microsoft, HN would have 16 upvoted posts.
Brand cheerleading is, and always have been, alive and well.
Brand cheerleading is, and always have been, alive and well.
How is that different from what chrome is doing? There's a deprecation plan, it doesn't appear to be significantly shorter in time scale than what apple did.
Advantages: privacy, efficiency
Disadvantages: lack of flexibility, some things they just can't do
I only ever read that hypothetically it could be more efficient but never stumbled upon actual measurements/benchmarks.
Also, extension adblockers are already so efficient that I would doubt there is a perceptible difference.