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This shows how much Brave pretends to be an independant browser but is basically just chrome. Looking at how hard it is to just preserve the features that are r

• crop_rotation 1y ago
  That's a very uncharitable way to look at things. Brave obviously doesn't have enough resources to fork chromium (even the multi trillion dollar M$FT didn't have and had to fork Chromium), but they definitely provide the best mobile browser by far.
  • ajdude 1y ago
    When I used Firefox on android it ran fine for me and supported ublock origin. Now I use Orion on iOS and it even supports sponsorblock on YouTube. I consider every browser using chromium as a backend -- especially those that started with another backend and then switch to chromium -- as a traitor to the Internet. They have no standing especially if they purport to care about things like privacy.
    • frizlab 1y ago
      Well said. I would upvote twice if I could.
    • Sabinus 1y ago
      To me, there is very little wisdom in using a piece of software designed by an internet advertising company to browse the internet. The incentives are just too perverse.
• theultdev 1y ago
  Adblocking is built in. That's really all I care about as a brave user.
• rs186 1y ago
  Eh, when did Brave "pretend" to be an independent browser?
• eviks 1y ago
  Will any other "just Chrome"allow you to run the full UBO post mv2 removal? > Update: As of v1.81, we host the following Manifest V2 (MV2) extensions on Brave’s backend: AdGuard, uBO, uMatrix, NoScript. These extensions operate independently from the equivalent versions that are currently present on the Chrome Web Store, and have to be downloaded separately