I’ve read some things online about it all but I’m not a total IT boff. Is it really true that Brave browser won’t be able to block ads once the changes are made next year?

Ps. I use Firefox with uBlock but my SO and most of my clients absolutely love Brave

    • godlessEnglish
      4•2 years ago

      Fennec is even better than Firefox, it’s the same source but recompiled to allow all add-ons in the main app. So basically a stable Firefox nightly, if you wish.

      It’s maintained by the folks behind the f-droid app store themselves, so arguably a highly trusted source.

      Sync to Firefox desktop fully implemented and working.

    • SeytouxEnglish
      1•2 years ago

      True concern from a person that just got rid of chrome (finally) and switched to brave, how is it garbage? o_o

      • @[email protected]English
        4•2 years ago

        One thing that rings alarm bells for me is that they have a built-in adblocker, but you can enable Brave’s ads instead and get a cryptocurrency reward. Brave takes 30% cut on the ads they show this way, so they are essentially replacing the website’s monetization with their own monetization. Kind of scummy, and it being a cryptocurrency also looks grifty.

        https://brave.com/brave-rewards/ (See “what % of ad revenue”…)

        Secondly, the founder has really awful politics, but I will leave that to the reader.

    • darkstarOPEnglish
      1•2 years ago

      Can you provide reasons for your claim? I’m curious to know what makes Brave garbage