We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the ...

We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the …

  • LeafletEnglish
    1•2 months ago

    I believe Brave’s ad blocker is based on uBlock.

    • Deanne
      4•2 months ago

      nope, it’s made from scratch in rust

      • LeafletEnglish
        2•2 months ago

        You’re right, I found it here. I thought it was based on uBlock because there’s a UI somewhere in Brave for ad blocking that is suspiciously close to uBlock’s UI for blocking specific elements on a site.

        • Deanne
          1•2 months ago

          there’s also a phyton library that lets you use brave’s adblocker on other browsers like qutebrowser

      • @[email protected]
        1•2 months ago

        oh, thx for saying. i also thought it was based on ublock, though im not sure where i got that information from