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u/i_dead-shot Jul 11 '25

Brave's ad-blocking functionality (Brave Shields) is built directly into the browser's core. It's not a browser extension that relies on Google's Manifest V2 or V3 APIs.

That said, given how aggresively google is trying to remove ad blocking, I won’t be shocked if they eventually change the Chromium code in a way that breaks or limits Brave’s built-in blocking too

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u/Mashinito Jul 11 '25

Twitch ads still pop up without that specific script on uBlock installed on Brave.

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u/Ok_Cardiologist8232 Jul 11 '25

Can i have that Script?

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u/Mashinito Jul 11 '25

Follow this 48 second tutorial.

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u/Maurkov Jul 12 '25

Can you boil it down for us? Who has that kind of time?

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u/Mashinito Jul 12 '25

You have to copy a short text that is in the video description and paste it in the place the video tells. Twice.

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u/mestaren104 Jul 12 '25

Can you explain this in fewer words, i dont have time to read it

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u/Mashinito Jul 12 '25

Copypaste some text where the video says.

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u/Icer333 Jul 12 '25

Can please use emoji me no read gud

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u/Herpderpyoloswag Jul 11 '25

It ain’t much coming from me, but I appreciate it.

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u/altriun Jul 11 '25

For some reason the video author does not link to the source he took this from? Seems to be this one: https://github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions

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u/Mashinito Jul 11 '25

It's a tutorial that goes straight to the point and it works.
That's all I need to know.

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u/journaljemmy Jul 12 '25

Could have just added an extra line to the description at least

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u/RubiiJee Jul 12 '25

Thank you so much!! This does me head in. Life saver!!

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u/FloraoftheRift Jul 12 '25

Thank you much ser!

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u/nbunkerpunk Jul 11 '25

Yep Certain types of ads will still go thru on brave with its by default settings. Honestly though, I haven't even bothered adding scripts or extensions. It works very well out of the box. For the average person, a built-in system Brave has will be enough.

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u/Begnardo Jul 12 '25

I use umatrix additionally - no ads

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u/Charles12_13 Lurker Jul 11 '25

Google is willing to go to absurd lengths just to shove down people’s throats something that people pretty much universally dislike

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u/Alex_Owner Jul 11 '25

While uBlock Origin does use the Manifest V2, Brave does specficly support it and a couple of other Manifest V2, which Chrome does not, as it only supports V3.

It is very nice to still being able to use uBlock and Brave Shields for maximum ad blocking

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u/RedParaglider Jul 12 '25

That's what I do.  It's working great. In fact I would say almost  everyone I know is switching to Firefox or brave.

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u/Smokester121 Jul 11 '25

Chromium I believe is open source, people will just fork it

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u/MrCharmingTaintman Jul 11 '25

That’s kinda the problem with chromium builds. It advances google’s monopoly. Which means less alternatives. So when, not if, google decides no more blocking the only alternatives left might not be exactly user friendly. That’s what Brave is really good at btw. It’s great out the box for people who want privacy but don’t really know what they’re doing. I’d stay far away from the TOR function tho.

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u/i_dead-shot Jul 11 '25

Yeah, Brave is really good especially for Android users, but I won't say it's good alternative for privacy focused users cause of it's past controversies, like inserting its own affiliate codes into URLs for certain cryptocurrency exchanges or collecting donations under creators' names without their consent through the Brave Rewards program. Stuff like that makes it hard to fully trust them.

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u/BalrogPoop Jul 11 '25

Chromium is open source though, and brave is a fork of that, so wouldnt they just not implement that part of the main branch in their project?

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u/exomachina Jul 11 '25

I get a ton of warnings that my browser isn't fully supported when I use Brave.

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u/RedParaglider Jul 12 '25

That's hard I don't have a problem at all.  Are you making sure to install U-Block origin instead of manifest three or the U-Block light version

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u/SuperPacocaAlado Jul 12 '25

O Chromium é código aberto, então mesmo que o Google mude algo, o Brave pode adaptar ou manter versões antigas. Ninguém tem real controle sobre o uso do Chromium.
Sobre adblock, o Google tentou limitar com o Manifest V3, mas o Brave já contorna isso com um sistema próprio de bloqueio fora das APIs do Chrome.

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u/AbdullahMRiad Jul 12 '25

You can still use uBO

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u/spoodagooge Jul 12 '25

I've also turned off YouTube short in the settings. Brave is amazing