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Brave's ad block is pretty ineffectual by itself. For example it doesn't block youtube adverts. Recently switched to Firefox with Ublock origin, and loving it. So much more efficient and quick than it was back in the day when we all switched to Chrome.

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For example it doesn't block youtube adverts

Pretty sure that's not true. I don't see any YT adverts when using Brave, and I don't have any extensions installed.

It definitely blocks YouTube ads.

I don't know what to tell you... It most definitely does not block youtube adverts for me and never had / did... Also, I found Ublock origin updates less reliable / frequent on Brave. Since switching zero issues.

“For me” seems to be the keyword here. From what I know it works for most Brave users.

>From what I know it works for most Brave users.

"From what I know" is epistemologically equivalent to "For me".

I can name at least 10 people who are using Brave after I recommended it and don’t see YouTube ads.

Perhaps you were disabling their adblocker by trying to use ublock? In general there's no reason for additional plugins - they also have native custom filters, scriptlets, and so on.

No... As tech helper for various family and friends, I've been the one to clean install brave on a variety of machines. I typically demonstrate youtube before and after ublock for them, so they can see its effects. Never once not had adverts on a clean brave install. Not a representative sample obviously, but I've installed it for a fair few folks over the years.

I never see YouTube ads since switching to Brave.

My Brave installation blocks YouTube ads on iPhone and Mac. Every few weeks there is a day where the ads show but the next day they are gone again.

Similar experience with firefox and ublock origin. I make the cut early, when chrome was threatening to make the change originally and have had a really good experience. Many, many things just work with the ads stripped out. Youtube and other streaming services - I don't know how people can even use them without proper filtering.

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