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Whenever I see someone using Brave I immediately assume they are a crypto bro who gets shilled on get rich quick schemes.
Remember when they were caught rewriting urls to include their own affiliate links? That should tell you more then enough.
It's certainly not my primary browser but I do keep it around because its in-built ad blocker is just better than most other options available for iOS
Pihole.
I can't exactly take that wherever I go
Sure you can! You can route your dns over a vpn! Or if you're feeling dangerous, host your pihole publicly!
I guess I should have known that was a thing. But also in my research I've just discovered that my new router is supposed to have an in-built ad blocker, but my ISP doesn't support that function so that's pretty cool.
Will look into a pihole setup now, thanks.