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> 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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Thanks, TIL!

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.)

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.

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.

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