to frustrations with managing increasing user requests. Hill explained that it was no longer a hobby: "These projects are to me, not a full-time job. It stopped being a hobby when it felt more and more like a tedious job. I will keep maintaining my version (and share with whoever cares to use it) because it guarantees the tool will match what I want out of it." On April 6, Hill created his own fork of the project, naming it uBlock Origin.

Since October 2017, uBlock Origin has been completely separated from Aljoudi's uBlock. Aljoudi created