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If you want a Chromium based browser Brave has a uBlock-esque blocker built right into its core but it's disabled by default because "Brave Shields is enough protection" (it isn't, given the stats I see when enabled). Anyway, you can turn it on and it uses the same blocklists uBlock uses aswell.


> "if you want a Chromium based browser'

There is also Vivaldi:

https://help.vivaldi.com


Vivaldi would not stop offering to sign me into google automatically on sites that support it, it kept re-enabling it somehow. How this is enabled on a privacy-aware browser is beyond me. Brave is pretty good once you disable all the crypto stuff.


Alas, it crashes every time I try to import my Chrome profile.


Wait, really? There's something other than the default "shields" thing? Where is this and how do I enable it? Been using Brave for years with all the "aggressive" boxes checked and I've never seen such an option anywhere.


brave://settings/shields/filters


Any reference or instructions on how to do that?




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