Brave is based on Chrome (Chromium / Blink) and Google has deliberaely crippled ad-blocking extensions for it: - https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-still-pla

Brave is based on Chrome (Chromium / Blink) and Google has deliberaely crippled ad-blocking extensions for it: - https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-still-plans-to-cripple-ad-blocking-in-chrome-but-enterprises-will-be-exempt/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-still-plans-to-cripple-... - https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338 So you will get a sub-par ad-blocking / anti-tracking experience on Chrome or any of its clones like Brave or Vivaldi.