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Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

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1034 points deryilz | 8 comments | 12 Jul 25 19:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.476s | source | bottom
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pnw ◴[12 Jul 25 20:42 UTC] No.44544999[source]▶
Haven't missed Chrome once since switching to https://brave.com/
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1. Etheryte ◴[12 Jul 25 21:14 UTC] No.44545222[source]▶
Of all the browsers you could be using, giving your data away to sketchy crypto bros should really not be at the top of the list.
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2. Supermancho ◴[12 Jul 25 21:16 UTC] No.44545243[source]▶
It's the top of the list because it works so well. I forget it's a different browser most of the time. I was able to turn off everything extraneous that I was concerned about. Brave is also Open Sourced.
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3. bung ◴[12 Jul 25 21:19 UTC] No.44545274[source]▶
Might as well edit and add some suggestions
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5. bigstrat2003 ◴[12 Jul 25 22:31 UTC] No.44545738[source]▶
I really don't care about crypto stuff. If you do, I can understand why that's a dealbreaker for you. But for me, it doesn't matter at all. I just turn the crypto features off and continue on my way.
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6. homebrewer ◴[13 Jul 25 01:48 UTC] No.44546815[source]▶
Maybe take a look at Vivaldi, it's a continuation of the old Opera, with basically the same development team. It's the most user-friendly and configurable option at this moment, they're very responsive to feedback, and are the only organization that doesn't have some horrible privacy violations in the past (maybe excluding Apple, I don't know and don't care, 90% of users on this planet can't run Safari).

Also they are in Norway if you care about that sort of thing.

It's not FOSS, though, at least for now.

7. esskay ◴[13 Jul 25 15:34 UTC] No.44551144[source]▶
The crypto part is an optional thing, which takes a split second to turn off - thats it. Once its off you are basically running chrome without the google call home, and with a built in adblocker unaffected by manifest v3.

It's also opensource so it's not like theres anything being hidden here.

8. asadotzler ◴[14 Jul 25 21:12 UTC] No.44565369[source]▶
It's not about the feature. It's about the people who built the feature. "Sure they sold a car that blows up at 75 mph, but I never drive over 60 so I trust them."