Besides, if community lists can accept that alleged load of “countless support issues” for free (like ublock origin filters, and easylist filter lists before they sold out to Brave), why could not those lists under corporate control with lots of money ? Ublock origin developed by one person as a hobby without even accepting donations -> proactively pro-user nuisance blocking (alas with the only exception of Mozilla ads, of which the removal was denied).Īs for the “Brave did it partly for us, not just for themselves” argument of linuxfan, no, if a user is advanced enough to add filters himself, it’s his responsability to be able to unbreak false positives by disabling what he added, depriving all users of this freedom just because of this “risk” is anti-user and a rationalization for badly motivated corporate behavior. The same rule applies to all browsers with such malware deals to make money (hello Mozilla !). Instead of bundling ublock origin without this costing them any bucks, they spent money to make a version where users are denied the freedom to add the filters that they choose, and with various other handicaps.īathing in Google and other ad and surveillance money sources to pay developers -> castrated nuisance blocking like above (or none at all). “But the add-on does more than that and supports custom lists, filters, and elements, so you may want to keep it anyway. Make sure that Brave Shield is enabled for the site, click on the icon next to the address bar, and also check if the first drop-down menu says "Trackers and ads blocked" (and not set to "Allow all trackers and ads"). Hey, I still see the social buttons on a website. If you don't have the new ad-blocking filter lists in your browser, check whether you have the latest version. This reddit thread says that the lists appeared in Brave Nightly 1.20.19, but according to a new post these options were added to the stable release channel in version 1.19.92. You don't have to do this since the add-on does a great job out of the box, but the options are there if you want to enable them.Īn issue filed on Brave's GitHub regarding support for the new filter lists was fulfilled in early December. Tip: Firefox, Edge (and other Chromium-based browsers) users can enable these annoyance lists from uBlock Origin's dashboard > filter lists. But the add-on does more than that and supports custom lists, filters, and elements, so you may want to keep it anyway. Technically, if you were using uBlock Origin specifically for these lists, you no longer need the extension. So, you should only enable the ones you actually need. I wouldn't recommend enabling all the options available on that page, since it could result in heavy resource usage and also prevent websites from loading correctly. The uBlock Annoyances list appears at the end of the list for me, wile the Fanboy Annoyances List and Fanboy Social List are located in the top half of the list.Ĭheck the box next to the option that you want to use, and you're good to go. The settings aren't listed in alphabetical order, so you may have to search for them manually.
To activate the new filter lists, head to the following page.
ADBLOCK ULTIMATE VS UBLOCK ORIGIN HOW TO
How to enable uBlock Annoyance List, Fanboy annoyances List and Fanboy Social list in Brave browser That's probably because not everyone may want to use them.
That's great, but these new options are not enabled in the Brave Shield by default. Since Chromium-based browsers lack the power of Firefox containers, which in my opinion offers better privacy, these annoyance lists are welcome additions for Brave browser users who want to prevent social-networks from tracking you. Tired of those "we use these cookies" notices? Some sites employ anti-adblock features, these annoyance lists ensures that these get blocked as well. If the buttons are available on the page, it acts as a tracker and sends the information to their parent site, that's how Facebook Pixel works. Yes, those social share buttons actually track your visits, even if you never use them. The new filter lists block the tracking functionality of these elements (they're visually removed too), and also removes pop-up stuff like subscribe or welcome banners. But most websites have additional elements on their website such as social sharing buttons such as Facebook, Twitter, or other elements that users may find annoying. What are these filters anyway? Do I need them? As you may know, ad-blocking extensions and Brave Shield disable advertisements, banners, and other forms of ads.
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