Total clickbait and misleading
Google Chrome starts killing ad blockers
https://mashable.com/article/google-chrome-kills-ad-blockers
They aren't "killing" ad blockers they are limiting them in what they can do compared to what they could do which may result in some adverts showing
Like I said before you can still use ad blocking extensions and with a DNS ad/tracking blocker service that you input a URL into chrome privacy & security > use secure DNS < you'll probably not notice any difference
I have been using Ublock lite for a number of months
"The only caveat: The lite version is a mere shadow of the full version and is less effective at dealing with websites that use anti-content blockers" from ZDNET and I'd tend to agree with this it still blocks a lot of stuff
https://www.zdnet.com/article/when-ublock-origin-stops-working-on-chrome-soon-youll-have-2-options/
/nosanitize
Sidenote:
If you are looking to use another browser other than chrome I'd suggest Cromite which is chromium based with loadsa GitHub tracker/ad blockers "pre-installed" in settings for you to toggles on
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/112636722050190978
It by far the best of the chromium browsers out there for android anyway imo
Side - sidenote
I'd recommend using Obtainium for updates - once you have Obtainium that will monitor all APK source URLs for future updates - the URL where you manually download the APK from you use that URL and add it in Obtainium
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/112636712610020124
you'll need AppVerifier installed which works side by side with Obtainium - AppVerifier will check the APK certificate hash for newly installed apps you do
https://github.com/soupslurpr/AppVerifier