Support for proper Adblock:
Firefox( forks): Yes
Chrome( forks): No
That simple.
this post was submitted on 27 Jan 2025
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In fairness, Brave does have a built-in ad blocker that (at least years ago) did an acceptable job and is a part of the binary, so is not impacted by Chromium's Manifest V3 rug pull.
If you decide that's the way you want to go, though, you're (1) trusting their promise to never remove it or degrade its effectiveness, (2) reducing your choice about how you experience ads, and (3) contributing to Google's browser hegemony. So I definitely don't recommend it.
But technically it does have adblock.
I have personally seen and always get told in comments etc., that builtin "adblockers" often fail or even deactivate on sites like YouTube etc. And there are always news about YouTube executing another genius strike, forcing everyone to disable their AdBlocker, due to non-loading videos, infinite forced ads etc. Yet - I never had any problems with uBlock + FF. Either it's not affected in the first place, or fixed faster than Muskler can "Give out his heart". And it does make sense - a nonprofit, open source extension is gonna be much more flexible than a rigid part of a for-profit browser. Brave/Opera users don't even really care about actually blocking ads, I believe, they just like the placebo effect believing that anything has changed for the better.
It could also be that uBlock + FF users are more likely to also use NoScript, which does a great deal of blocking ads and adblock detection systems. With some selecting, even extremely ad-infested sites like soap2day.pe work like a charm.
The only times where uBlock has "failed" me: Some random website has a blank space instead of an Ad/Nothing, and every 10-20 videos on Pornhub, there's a popup.
I can report that it works well on iOS. Considering Firefox doesn’t support extensions on that platform, that’s what I’ve been using. I’ve even uninstalled YouTube because it blocks its ads and allows me to play video in the background.
Yeah, I use Vivaldi and it's built-in blockers and privacy are great. So much control and customisation despite being Chromium based.
Does it actually work reliably though? As in - have you seen any ads?
Yep. Works fine. There are some sites not using ad services where hard coded stuff appears, but you can set up element block rules so they never appear.
You still can install Manifest V2 add-ons on Brave.
Also, what is the point if people don't develop manifest v2 stuff for chromium anymore?
contains ads - in-app purchases
lol gross
Brave seems more interested in selling me crypto than it does seem to be in providing s good browsing experience. Used it for like 2 months at the behest of a friend that worked there, didnt like it.
For me, a browser being a crypto shill is worse than just being a privacy concern. Crypto facilitates an absurd amount of scams, and is also awful for the environment.
Forget the Fox
. . mmmmmmmmmm . . . . no.
No, I don't think I will.
Remember how Brendon Eich got booted off of Firefox for being a bigot, then created a browser to hawk crypto?
On Android? They think that Firefox is a significant competitor on Android?
This is like fighting another kid over a single chocolate chip while some guy is sitting on the other side of the room chowing down on an entire cookie cake. Ridiculous.
At least on desktop, it would be like fighting over an entire cookie. Still low, but not as low as this.
Low blow for a struggling competitor. I would endorse aggressive marketing against monopoly holders, but Firefox isn't it.
You could say this ad has "edge"
Is that region specific?
No mention of Firefox for me.
iirc, you have to search for firefox in the play store for it to come up.
"Brave Browser: Forget the Fox" absolutely reads like "Brave: Well, Fuck Those Other Guys, Right?"
...come on, Brave, do it. Change the title to that. Or someone will eventually sue you for misleading advertisements. Because this is not very brave, is it?