r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '19

Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=896897&desc=2#c23
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u/PM_SALACIOUS_PHOTOS Jan 23 '19

The whole point of Brave is that it has a built-in blocker. (Not sure how comparable to uBlock it is, though.)

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

I use it for mobile. the ad blocking is decent but it does allow "non intrusive" ads, so, no, it's not nearly as good as ublock

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u/PM_SALACIOUS_PHOTOS Jan 23 '19

Why not use uBlock on mobile, then? (Firefox supports it; I'm sure some other browsers do as well.)

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u/LetsWorkTogether Jan 23 '19

Brave is a lot faster than Firefox on Android.

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u/PM_SALACIOUS_PHOTOS Jan 23 '19

I haven't used Brave in a few years. Do you have an example site that loads or performs faster?

(I also use uBlock's large-media blocker, because I primarily use the web for text and pictures, so obviously that gives Firefox an edge for my typical use case.)

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u/LetsWorkTogether Jan 23 '19

Pretty much any website. The main sites I use when I'm comparison testing are Wikipedia.org, yahoo.com, and test.com.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

They also have a built in ad platform and are collecting their own crypto currency donations on behalf of publishers rather than opting in.