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This was the weirdest part of my experience trying Brave–it doesn't block all ads. So for me moving from Firefox to Brave presented more ads to me. I couldn't f

This was the weirdest part of my experience trying Brave–it doesn't block all ads. So for me moving from Firefox to Brave presented more ads to me. I couldn't find any documentation on how to actually block all ads similar to uBlock Origin.

fastball 7y ago
I can't think of any ads that Brave hasn't blocked for me. In fact, more often than not the issue is that Brave is blocking too much and breaks some sites. Ironically, this includes the identity verification service (Netverify) used by their wallet partner (Uphold).
- thrwn_frthr_awy 7y ago
  Reddit.
  - brandnewlow 7y ago
    Brave blocks 3rd party ads, i.e. ads served off-site. Reddit is one of the few sites to make the effort to host all their ad tech themselves.
    - thrwn_frthr_awy 7y ago
      Ehh... Is Brave who decides what ads I will see? Switching to a privacy-centric browser and seeing more ads was unexpected for myself and I would guess other as well.
      - brandnewlow 7y ago
        In this case yes, Brave's POV is that ads that are hosted and powered by the publisher you chose to read are in fact OK. Brave isn't anti-ads so much as it's anti-cross site tracking and ad serving.
        thrwn_frthr_awy 7y ago
        Thank you and that does make sense, but I don’t believe there is as clean a line between 1st and 3rd party ads as others perhaps. A first party ad can still track and share your data.
      - fastball 7y ago
        You can presumably install whatever additional blockers you were using in a different browser in Brave if their built-in blocking (which I've found to be VERY effective) is not enough for you.
        thrwn_frthr_awy 7y ago
        I was unable to find an open source ad blocker for Brave, and the Brave community was less then helpful when I was confused as why I was seeing ads when the homepage for Brave talks multiple times about ad blocking without ever mentioning it is partial blocking.
        fastball 7y ago
        Does uBlock Origin not count? I'm also not sure I would qualify Brave's ad blocking as "partial". It blocks all 3rd party ads and tracking by default, AFAIK. But it's not as opinionated about 1st party as some other plugins are (presumably to avoid false positives).

fastball 7y ago

I can't think of any ads that Brave hasn't blocked for me. In fact, more often than not the issue is that Brave is blocking too much and breaks some sites. Ironically, this includes the identity verification service (Netverify) used by their wallet partner (Uphold).

thrwn_frthr_awy 7y ago
Reddit.
- brandnewlow 7y ago
  Brave blocks 3rd party ads, i.e. ads served off-site. Reddit is one of the few sites to make the effort to host all their ad tech themselves.
  - thrwn_frthr_awy 7y ago
    Ehh... Is Brave who decides what ads I will see? Switching to a privacy-centric browser and seeing more ads was unexpected for myself and I would guess other as well.
    - brandnewlow 7y ago
      In this case yes, Brave's POV is that ads that are hosted and powered by the publisher you chose to read are in fact OK. Brave isn't anti-ads so much as it's anti-cross site tracking and ad serving.
      - thrwn_frthr_awy 7y ago
        Thank you and that does make sense, but I don’t believe there is as clean a line between 1st and 3rd party ads as others perhaps. A first party ad can still track and share your data.
    - fastball 7y ago
      You can presumably install whatever additional blockers you were using in a different browser in Brave if their built-in blocking (which I've found to be VERY effective) is not enough for you.
      - thrwn_frthr_awy 7y ago
        I was unable to find an open source ad blocker for Brave, and the Brave community was less then helpful when I was confused as why I was seeing ads when the homepage for Brave talks multiple times about ad blocking without ever mentioning it is partial blocking.
        fastball 7y ago
        Does uBlock Origin not count? I'm also not sure I would qualify Brave's ad blocking as "partial". It blocks all 3rd party ads and tracking by default, AFAIK. But it's not as opinionated about 1st party as some other plugins are (presumably to avoid false positives).