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> I switched to Brave a couple years ago for performance reasons.

Same. They also staunchly fight against introducing adblocking to the iOS version, with no justification given.

Sadly, the fight over on which browser engine the web runs is a done deal. Even if Manifest V3 sucks, it won’t lead to a mass exodus to Gecko. People will just switch their upstream to a Manifest V2 fork. Blink has become the Linux kernel of the web.

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I'm not convinced about Blink having won. Webkit is a significant factor which seems to be making it harder for Google to drag standards wherever they want, and Firefox still _works_ in 99% of cases (i.e. black swan could cause easily public perception shift, and there's an alternative right there).

I agree that this is what makes FF such a great alternative. If I tell my mom to use Brave instead of Chrome, she'll wonder what it is. If I say to use FF, she'll remember it from years/decades past and have no problem.

That said, I think Brave works better out-of-the-box from a privacy/security perspective. Hopefully FF can take some cues in terms of turning on some of this stuff by default (or at least having an onboarding that facilitates it)!

I use Brave on iOS too and it blocks YouTube ads :)

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