Not really. It’s good to have, but not a must. You can get a long way with DNS blocking which is more secure than MV2 content blocker extensions. Vanadium’s security is better than all other browsers on Android, especially on Google Pixels 8/Pro with MTE.
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Refarding content blocking, privacy and security:
Privacy and security are not the same 
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From what I have heard the consensus seems to be: just use uBlock Origin, I use it on medium mode (I used this as a guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lisQQmWQkY).
The ublock origin documentation has great guides for medium/hard/easy mode
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Based on the wiki article on FF extensions shared earlier I removed some extensions. It sounds like uBO is mostly all-encompassing but require a deeper understanding to leverage properly.
Here is a rough outline of my current understanding/changes, feel free to correct where I’m off-base:
uBlock Origin - Has the most functionality/depth and worthwhile to deep dive into
Privacy Badger - Default functionality is similar to uBO offerings, but the advanced heuristics option is better, but comes at the cost of increased fingerprinting and is disabled by default as a result. Better to just use uBO so I removed it
Clearurl - Removed it and added this url-related blocklist to uBO
decentraleyes - Removed since uBO does most of this too.
Two questions come to mind:
- Is this a moot point if I also use niche extensions such as self-hosted solutions like linkding/wallabag, qwacky to create DDG email aliases, Midnight Lizard for dark mode, Video Speed Controller for faster video playback, etc? I’m guessing removing the extensions is reducing my attack surface & increasing my load speed if nothing else.
- I’m assuming there is heavy overlap between Enhanced Protection Tracker (on strict) and uBO, but it’s best to keep both on. Came someone confirm this as well?
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