that's a corner case in my book and imho, it's just a matter of time before the nasty letters for that will arrive from the VPN providers
VPNs are very useful if you want to do things you aren't supposed to do, but this topic isn't about that, I think. mcafee :$ I see a lot of people use uBlock Origin; is there a way to stop blocking of all or most safe ads?
No. uBlock Origin is known for being one of the few, if not the only, content blocker which does not allow "acceptable ads". That's why people use it.
My phone's antiviruts is mcafee-powered (i bought samsung device) Here's what it look like: (Full of Vietnamese language)If you really want to block all ads, just use adguard and turn off acceptable ads in settings (right click on extensions's icon)