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Why does this need to be part of the browser itself and not a plugin?

• suumcuique 4y ago
  In general I think extensions with functionality like this that require unfettered access reading and modifying every single page you visit are a huge security concern so having it be part of the browser itself makes sense. Same logic applies to ad- and tracker-blocking.
  • Timja 4y ago
    This touches on the topic of who writes it. Yes, it is nicer to have it written by a big player like Brave than by some guy from the internet. But why did Brave have to put it into their browser and did not publish it as a plugin?
    • tredre3 4y ago
      > But why did Brave have to put it into their browser and did not publish it as a plugin? I don't know if they do that in this case, but one could assume having access to non-public internal APIs might improve filtering capabilities/performance. For example if brave was to implement manifest v3, it wouldn't impact their built-in ad/cookie blocking features.
• soundnote 4y ago
  This isn't a plugin. The cookie blocking is just an extra filterlist that's built to be compatible with uBlock Origin and Brave Shields, and has been available for both for a while. The innovation is simply the browser proactively using a prompt to ask the user if they want to subscribe to the list.