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Stop using Brave Browser (www.spacebar.news)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't iOS only use webkit based browsers? I would imagine the reason you can get ad blocking through brave is some kind of deal they have with google. Which probably means they're just giving them all the data google would collect normally.

Firefox on iOS doesn't have ad blocking because apple took support away in webkit. The only way brave could be doing it is by being white listed by the company serving the ad to you somehow.

Both Mac and iOS have issues with VPN usage too but that's unrelated to webkit.

[–] RojoSanIchiban 1 points 1 year ago

Yes Apple forces everyone through webkit and won't allow third-party blockers. Brave on iOS was forked from Firefox anyway, and iirc uses the same API to block ads as Firefox Focus. Google is most definitely not involved, particularly because both block YouTube ads (and is my primary reason for using Brave anyway).

I'm not sure what you're referencing in regard to VPN usage; I have had zero problems with mine.