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Recaptcha is definitely one of the big reasons I have Google domains blocked from loading up on uBO/Firefox, or as I call it, uBO plus Firefox.
That's a huge chunk of the internet you're filtering there, including plenty of legitimate sites. Care to explain why you dislike Recaptcha in particular that much?
Huge chunk... not really. People like me who are hardcore into privacy always knew Google uses it as free data training, and to track users across the whole internet. I do not like either reasons. Unless I MUST for unavoidable reason with no alternative, I will keep things that way.