The article is claiming that lists won't be able to self-update at all. That goes far beyond a ban on remote JS.

> cosmetic filters updates do not require an extension update

Cosmetic meaning what exactly?

> remote JS was never allowed in Mozilla Addons store

I don't see any issues with ublock in firefox, so what's going on there?

> A little bit more research and one can learn about the no-review-fast-track that Chrome WebStore plans to implement next year.

That sounds like something that can and will randomly stop approving ad blocker updates more than once.