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Brave ships with an ad blocker built in i believe.
by flkenosad 1y ago
Brave ships with an ad blocker built in i believe.
- fsflover 1y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43240477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43240477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43349506 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43349506
- EbNar 1y agoI don't need any MV2 extension, so I don't really care.
- fsflover 1y agoSo, you're fine with the ads and tracking.
- EbNar 1y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=EbNar#44578751 https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=EbNar#44578751 Besides, using that together with a DNS blocker does a wonderful job, whether you believe it or not.
- fsflover 1y agoThe discontinued support of MV2 means that all ads will eventually adapt and your anti-ad measures stop working.
- EbNar 1y agoI think you don't understand the difference between an extension (for which manifest version matters) and an intrinsic feature (for which the manifest means nothing). It's either that, or you want to convince people that FF the only way. No, it isn't. Deal with it.
- ImJamal 1y agoBrave has built in ad / tracking blocking without using MV2. If MV2 vanished in Brave you could still have blocking without using uBlock Origin
- fsflover 1y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43349506 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43349506
- ImJamal 1y agoAlmost nobody cares about anything other than ad blocking and to top it off the reply to the comment you linked is even mentioning that they were only talking about ad block...
- fsflover 1y agoYou may be right, but I have no trust in Brave. Not just due to their shady decisions in the past but also because they would have to fight a huge ad industry on a tiny budget with their built-in ad blocker. At least if it's an add-on, the community would be able to help easier.