Plus,[0]Brave is going to block [1]CNAME Cloaking first-party trackers, AFAIK no other browser, not[2]add-on, has or plan to have such blocking capabilities.

[0] https://imgur.com/a/4DdMh7X

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21604825

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21582698

It also sells your eyeballs by allowing certain adds after they've been paid.

It's basically racketeering.

If you're keen on using chromium with manifest v2 add-ons, Vivaldi and Microsoft edge are both options to keep in mind.

Brave won't be affected by manifest v3 though

https://twitter.com/brave/status/1088914000379731970

That is opt-in.

Edge hasn't been released yet.

Vivaldi UI is a buggy and slow mess (I invite you to try it yourself)

Edge-ium is about to be released. It's very stable. I've been using the preview for months.

I use Vivaldi alongside Chrome for dev, and from that perspective (for the other devs here on HN) they seem like clones of each other. Both running the same JS engine and dev tools.

the [2] link states that ublock origin in firefox already supports this. did you even read it or just copy paste from someone elses brave fanboy comment.

Snarky comment aside, I'd suggest you to re-read my post, i specifically wrote "not add-on"

I had no intention to promote or advertise brave, nor am i affiliated or working for the brave browser. if that's what you imply.

But do you hodl BAT?

Just curious: why would I need ublock origin if I am using Brave (which is already blocking ads)? Thx

I use it because I've written many filters for my favourite websites. Also you can use lists which can block even more things. In my case I've blocked all social network bullshit, including icons, share buttons, widgets, etc

Why Brave rather than the Epic Privacy Browser?

(They are both based on Chromium....)

Because Epic is purely "private browsing" a.k.a. constant "porn mode." Painful to use at sites you want to remember you.