The basic idea here is that Brave wants to establish itself as a sort of firewall between you, the user, and companies running and managing ads. When using Brave, you’ll see several opportunities to find out more about Brave Rewards, the most controversial aspect of the browser. Finally, when you enter the Brave customization options (three bars to the far right of the address baron Chrome it’s three dots), you’ll be able to apply pre-configured and custom filters to change components to your liking. You can also turn the Shields off completely if, for some reason, you don't need protection on that particular website. Here you can tweak the settings of that particular page, instead of the global settings which can be accessed in the main Settings menu. When you visit a website, the little Brave icon (a lion) to the right of the search bar will light up. Social Media Blocking, and Privacy and Security. If you head into the Settings, you can make significant changes to a great many options, including Shields (adblocking). Brave offers 3 ways to deal with its privacy and security options. Secondly, you’ll notice that the number of ads you see is slashed, and the number of options for ads you’ll see is multiplied. Without all the trackers and cookies, Brave can operate much faster than cousin Chrome. This is a consequence of all the ad blocking tech it employs, which will be discussed shortly. Once you start to browse, you’ll notice two aspects that differ considerably from Chrome. Of course, both can be ignored, should you choose. Tabs, right-click, options, bookmarks, and downloads work almost entirely in the same way.īrave offers a fluid and attractive set-up and installation process where it will ask you the normal questions about importing settings from Chrome, etc., and establishing the browser as your default. Built on Chromium, the open source technology underlying Chrome, the vast majority of users will feel very much at home. Leaving that secret weapon to the side for a minute, Brave is a rather nice and super-accessible browser.

A new option for people eager to break away from the data/ad dominance of GoogleĪ browser that’s quite unlike anything ever seen before

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