I used to use uMatrix, but stopped when @gorhill stopped recommending its use. The way I figure, if I'm gonna trust the guy, then I'm gonna trust the guy.

I did for a long time but Ray stopped maintaining it so I stopped using it.

Used to love uMatrix, but it has been archived now for five years, not safe to use ay more.

i use numatrix, it's a fork of nutensor whichbwas a fork of umatrix. it's regularly updated and available on firefox AMO

unlike nutensor/umatrix or even ublock origin it even has keyboard shortcut feature, so paired with vimfx i almost never have to touch the mouse

Before and update uBlock wasn't able to do as much stuff as it does today, once that happened I stopped using uMatrix since it became redundant.

uBlock Origin can do so much beside blocking ads, like replace extensions (like Consent-OMatic or the many small ones I sued to use to protect my privacy) or block specific parts on any webpage.

I use uBlock Origin + uMatrix at the same time. The default blocked stuff from both works for me fine. uMatrix has great flexibility to allow certain stuff. And uBlock has ability to block additional stuff with the element picker, either temporary or permanent. Both tools have additional settings that the other might not cover. So what I usually do:

• let uBlock block ads and some other stuff
• block some stuff manually with uBlock
• let uMatrix block additional stuff but allow me to finetune easily
• allow certain domains or categories in uMatrix one by one for certain sites when I need to

I use it and love it. Without it, I feel naked browsing. It shows which sites load what from where.

I love uMatrix, and I continued to use it even after gorhill archived it and recommended people stop because there wasn't a good direct replacement. I did finally choose to not reinstall it with my latest build, but I do still miss it. uBlock Origin does have some of the functionality, but it isn't as advanced or fine grained and it is semi-hidden in the UI.

I used to use it but I gave up on it earlier this year. Honestly I don’t miss every website being broken and having to reload a website a dozen times just to get checkout and payment working.
Also iFrames just never worked. They remained blocked despite explicitly allowing them (which was prolly because the ext was unmaintained so long).
Not being able to block JS and Cookies on a domain level is a bit of a bummer but all in all I’d consider it an upgrade.

No, I use Adnausem and Consent-o-matic so ads are silently 'clicked' in the background to mess with my advertising profiles and cookie popups are actively opted out of not just hidden.

I always thought that ublock origin in advanced mode was a suitable replacement? Maybe I'm off base with that.

i wish raymond would revive its development. i prefer it over noscript because it saves settings per site. just because i allow some third-party scripts on one site doesn't mean i want them running everywhere.

Does it do things like no-op privacy invasive JavaScript API? There are APIs that reveal a whole lot about the device you're running, extensions installed, dark mode active, etc.

Edit: uhhhh, it was archived 5 years ago and hasn't been updated since.

Same experience as quoted - I used to use it. Once you have it 'trained' it's good to know the bad stuff is not getting through but it's a pain to maintain and for every new site you visit it takes experimentation to get the right setup.

You really want to share the pain of setup with other privacy people which is how ublock works with its lists I think.

More control is probably useful but I also don't want to deal with more stuff.

I use both.