Publishers found gaping holes in their blocking and response is to give up.

Firefox already has config options to disable image animations and canvas. I've had them on for ages and sites work fine.

Maybe they can re-enable popup windows too since sites replaced them with interstitials long ago.

Chrome's dominance needs to end, this is blatantly anti user. Google could have de-ranked sites with hostile behavior a decade ago and we wouldn't be dealing with any of this stuff. But they won't, because ad money.