On: uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store

[homebrewer]

> install uBlock Origin in Brave

There's no need to do it, their built-in adblocker supports the same rule lists.

https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust

[tmtvl → homebrewer]

But does it support blocking JavaScript, large media elements, social widgets, and fonts?

[pnw → tmtvl]

Yes, you can block elements directly from the context menu. I use it all the time on Reddit.

There's also built in blocking under brave://settings/shields for Javascript and social features.

It doesn't have a specific feature to block fonts AFAIK but it does have fingerprint protection if that's your concern.

[antonok → pnw]

Brave's adblocker supports the standard `$font` resource type modifier on adblock rules as well.

[pnw → antonok]

Thanks, TIL!

[tmtvl → pnw]

What I specifically mean by 'large media elements' is that I currently have the uBlock option active to 'Block media elements larger than [50] KB'. (Where the 50 is a spinner so I can increase or decrease the size if I want.)

[johnisgood → tmtvl]

I would like to know this, too. It does not seem to be on the list of features unless they are referring to it via "cosmetic filtering". I often block particular elements on websites.

[jemmyw → johnisgood]

You can block elements, there's an option on the right click context menu to do it visually.

[kibae → homebrewer]

I switched to Brave last week after the whole Firefox fiasco. I installed uBlock Origin after there were some ads that got through.

e.g. on DuckDuckGo.

[antonok → kibae]

There is an Aggressive setting for Brave Shields, which you can set either per-site in the Shields menu from the URL bar, or globally in brave://settings/shields - that should take care of SERP ads and other first-party placements.