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Brave has native ad-block and anti finger-printing, enabled by default, and the web works excellently as in I don't know of a single site that doesn't work with

Brave has native ad-block and anti finger-printing, enabled by default, and the web works excellently as in I don't know of a single site that doesn't work with it.

moebrowne 2mo ago
Not saying your wrong, but the number, and type, of sites you browse is going to be a very narrow slice of the sites that all Firefox users browse
Medowar 2mo ago
Brave is based on Chromium and inherits basically all compability, that this brings. Firefox with Gecko is a different engine entirely and that sometimes causes compatibility issues or different behaviour, that websites have to account for.
dbspin 2mo ago
Brave's ad block is pretty ineffectual by itself. For example it doesn't block youtube adverts. Recently switched to Firefox with Ublock origin, and loving it. So much more efficient and quick than it was back in the day when we all switched to Chrome.
- tejohnso 2mo ago
  I never see YouTube ads since switching to Brave.
- wyclif 2mo ago
  For example it doesn't block youtube adverts Pretty sure that's not true. I don't see any YT adverts when using Brave, and I don't have any extensions installed.
  - somenameforme 2mo ago
    It definitely blocks YouTube ads.
  - dbspin 2mo ago
    I don't know what to tell you... It most definitely does not block youtube adverts for me and never had / did... Also, I found Ublock origin updates less reliable / frequent on Brave. Since switching zero issues.
    - vjvjvjvjghv 2mo ago
      “For me” seems to be the keyword here. From what I know it works for most Brave users.
      - bossyTeacher 2mo ago
        >From what I know it works for most Brave users. "From what I know" is epistemologically equivalent to "For me".
        vjvjvjvjghv 2mo ago
        I can name at least 10 people who are using Brave after I recommended it and don’t see YouTube ads.
    - somenameforme 2mo ago
      Perhaps you were disabling their adblocker by trying to use ublock? In general there's no reason for additional plugins - they also have native custom filters, scriptlets, and so on.
      - dbspin 2mo ago
        No... As tech helper for various family and friends, I've been the one to clean install brave on a variety of machines. I typically demonstrate youtube before and after ublock for them, so they can see its effects. Never once not had adverts on a clean brave install. Not a representative sample obviously, but I've installed it for a fair few folks over the years.
- vjvjvjvjghv 2mo ago
  My Brave installation blocks YouTube ads on iPhone and Mac. Every few weeks there is a day where the ads show but the next day they are gone again.
- heelix 2mo ago
  Similar experience with firefox and ublock origin. I make the cut early, when chrome was threatening to make the change originally and have had a really good experience. Many, many things just work with the ads stripped out. Youtube and other streaming services - I don't know how people can even use them without proper filtering.

Brave has native ad-block and anti finger-printing, enabled by default, and the web works excellently as in I don't know of a single site that doesn't work with it.

moebrowne 2mo ago

Not saying your wrong, but the number, and type, of sites you browse is going to be a very narrow slice of the sites that all Firefox users browse

Medowar 2mo ago

Brave is based on Chromium and inherits basically all compability, that this brings. Firefox with Gecko is a different engine entirely and that sometimes causes compatibility issues or different behaviour, that websites have to account for.

dbspin 2mo ago

Brave's ad block is pretty ineffectual by itself. For example it doesn't block youtube adverts. Recently switched to Firefox with Ublock origin, and loving it. So much more efficient and quick than it was back in the day when we all switched to Chrome.

tejohnso 2mo ago
I never see YouTube ads since switching to Brave.
wyclif 2mo ago
For example it doesn't block youtube adverts Pretty sure that's not true. I don't see any YT adverts when using Brave, and I don't have any extensions installed.
- somenameforme 2mo ago
  It definitely blocks YouTube ads.
- dbspin 2mo ago
  I don't know what to tell you... It most definitely does not block youtube adverts for me and never had / did... Also, I found Ublock origin updates less reliable / frequent on Brave. Since switching zero issues.
  - vjvjvjvjghv 2mo ago
    “For me” seems to be the keyword here. From what I know it works for most Brave users.
    - bossyTeacher 2mo ago
      >From what I know it works for most Brave users. "From what I know" is epistemologically equivalent to "For me".
      - vjvjvjvjghv 2mo ago
        I can name at least 10 people who are using Brave after I recommended it and don’t see YouTube ads.
  - somenameforme 2mo ago
    Perhaps you were disabling their adblocker by trying to use ublock? In general there's no reason for additional plugins - they also have native custom filters, scriptlets, and so on.
    - dbspin 2mo ago
      No... As tech helper for various family and friends, I've been the one to clean install brave on a variety of machines. I typically demonstrate youtube before and after ublock for them, so they can see its effects. Never once not had adverts on a clean brave install. Not a representative sample obviously, but I've installed it for a fair few folks over the years.
vjvjvjvjghv 2mo ago
My Brave installation blocks YouTube ads on iPhone and Mac. Every few weeks there is a day where the ads show but the next day they are gone again.
heelix 2mo ago
Similar experience with firefox and ublock origin. I make the cut early, when chrome was threatening to make the change originally and have had a really good experience. Many, many things just work with the ads stripped out. Youtube and other streaming services - I don't know how people can even use them without proper filtering.