Brave, the false sensation of privacy

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Post by Santosh83 » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:28 PM UTC

Brave, the false sensation of privacy
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Re: Brave, the false sensation of privacy

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Post by auslegung » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:47 PM UTC

I’ve been using Brave to watch YouTube videos in incognito mode ever since 1Blocker on Safari stopped blocking YouTube ads. This article brings up some good points, and I want to support Firefox more anyway, so I need to see how Firefox handles YouTube ads.

Re: Brave, the false sensation of privacy

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Post by CapricornNoble » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:53 PM UTC

auslegung wrote: post #2

I’ve been using Brave to watch YouTube videos in incognito mode ever since 1Blocker on Safari stopped blocking YouTube ads. This article brings up some good points, and I want to support Firefox more anyway, so I need to see how Firefox handles YouTube ads.

For the past month or so, Brave on Ubuntu has been failing to block YT ads, so now I've been stuck with 2 unskippable multi-minute ads before almost every vid. I've been hitting mute and switching tabs while I wait. The most egregiously annoying one was 6 minutes of ads on an 8-minute standup comedy clip.

Brave on mobile still blocks all that crap so I've transitioned to listening to YT content on my cellphone, propped up on my desk, while I browse the Internet on my desktop.

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Post by capableweb » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:54 PM UTC

CapricornNoble wrote: post #3

auslegung wrote: post #2

I’ve been using Brave to watch YouTube videos in incognito mode ever since 1Blocker on Safari stopped blocking YouTube ads. This article brings up some good points, and I want to support Firefox more anyway, so I need to see how Firefox handles YouTube ads.

For the past month or so, Brave on Ubuntu has been failing to block YT ads, so now I've been stuck with 2 unskippable multi-minute ads before almost every vid. I've been hitting mute and switching tabs while I wait. The most egregiously annoying one was 6 minutes of ads on an 8-minute standup comedy clip. Brave on mobile still blocks all that crap so I've transitioned to listening to YT content on my cellphone, propp…

Same here. Made me switch back to Firefox full-time instead of trusting Brave of getting things right when they time and time stumble on things.

Re: Brave, the false sensation of privacy

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Post by tech-no-logical » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:55 PM UTC

auslegung wrote: post #2

I’ve been using Brave to watch YouTube videos in incognito mode ever since 1Blocker on Safari stopped blocking YouTube ads. This article brings up some good points, and I want to support Firefox more anyway, so I need to see how Firefox handles YouTube ads.

firefox itself doesn't 'handle' youtube ads, but ublock origin does.

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Post by pineconewarrior » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:56 PM UTC

auslegung wrote: post #2

I’ve been using Brave to watch YouTube videos in incognito mode ever since 1Blocker on Safari stopped blocking YouTube ads. This article brings up some good points, and I want to support Firefox more anyway, so I need to see how Firefox handles YouTube ads.

uBlock Origin + Sponsorblock + Firefox will give you the best possible Youtube experience.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:56 PM UTC

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Post by switch007 » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:57 PM UTC

auslegung wrote: post #2

I’ve been using Brave to watch YouTube videos in incognito mode ever since 1Blocker on Safari stopped blocking YouTube ads. This article brings up some good points, and I want to support Firefox more anyway, so I need to see how Firefox handles YouTube ads.

What’s a YouTube Ad? :-) long time Firefox + uBlock Origin user here.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:57 PM UTC

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Re: Brave, the false sensation of privacy

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Post by FractalHQ » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 12:59 PM UTC

CapricornNoble wrote: post #3

auslegung wrote: post #2

I’ve been using Brave to watch YouTube videos in incognito mode ever since 1Blocker on Safari stopped blocking YouTube ads. This article brings up some good points, and I want to support Firefox more anyway, so I need to see how Firefox handles YouTube ads.

For the past month or so, Brave on Ubuntu has been failing to block YT ads, so now I've been stuck with 2 unskippable multi-minute ads before almost every vid. I've been hitting mute and switching tabs while I wait. The most egregiously annoying one was 6 minutes of ads on an 8-minute standup comedy clip. Brave on mobile still blocks all that crap so I've transitioned to listening to YT content on my cellphone, propp…

Why not use one of the many chrome extensions that blocks YouTube ads?