I think the difference in opinion between you and some of the people you're replying to mainly comes down to "bundleware". You use that word a lot but to me, "bundleware" is malware.
I'm no fan of bundleware. I've been running PortableApps.com for over 10 years with over 500,000,000 app downloads all 100% bundleware free. Our format disallows bundleware and many of our users use our software on their local machines due to that.
uBlock didn't start blocking SourceForge because of the Dev Share opt-in bundleware program. They started blocking SourceForge because of the GIMP situation which SourceForge backed off of as a result.
uBlock isn't designed to block bundleware. uBlock lets tens of thousands of download sites and software publishers that distribute bundleware. Most of them distribute far worse bundleware, far more of it (some come with 10 offers or more), and use far more dark patterns to trick users into installing than anything distributed by SourceForge. But uBlock still specifically blocks SourceForge despite only about 10 of 400,000 projects using it, all of which have opted in to the program.
Essentially, uBlock appears to be blocking based on the whims of the developer rather than any balanced and fairly applied policy. That's one reason I decided to stop recommending it to others.
