I’m still annoyed that Chrome has gone to mandatory Google login — exactly the same way Android did (and has received enormous criticism for) — and people at Google are acting like they’re surprised people are upset.
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Brave permits 1st party ads and promotions. Promoted posts w/in Twitter, FB ads w/in FB, Reddit ads w/in Reddit are permitted under our current default blocking rules. Future releases will allow for users to block those ads as well, if users choose to do so.
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If publishers run 3rd party tracking in a 1st party ad, we block the 3P request. If a publisher uses Google Analytics or Google Tag Manager, we block those requests. We'll investigate the report here, but I wanted to provide context around our blocking.
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Additionally, "desktop brave is useless v uBO with Chrome" is false. Brave includes, by default: Https everywhere Ad blocking Tracking protection 3P fingerprinting protection Also: -Gutted Google "phone home" -Tor in private tabs. -Integrated opt-in utility token platform.
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Also: Cryptojacking protection (default) If you want to just block things, that's one course. If you want to block the problems and be part of a movement toward authentic user consent that doesn't leave content creators and publishers in the cold, then we're here.
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Comparisons, to other browsers and extensions are always going to be there, but we are aiming higher by creating a viable, mainstream-friendly alternative for a free web where creators earn, without the user's privacy invasion being a "cost of doing business."
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Something else to mention: ongoing research to automate exception management, protect against bounce trackers, and minimize false positives in blocking. We are working to minimize the burden on users of today's ad/tracker-blockers. https://brave.com/brave-proposes-a-machine-learning-approach-for-ad-blocking/ …https://brave.com/redirection-based-tracking/ …
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Is providing random info to trackers and saturate them with noise a good approach? Just blocking them doesn’t seem to work
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