What Makes Brave's Ad Blocker Different (Staff Engineer Interview)

December 29, 20255m 42s

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Brave's ad blocker (Brave Shields) works differently than other Chromium-based blockers. In this video, Henry interviews Anton Lazarev from Brave to understand how they bypass extension limitations by completely sidestepping Manifest V3 restrictions. We also got clarity on Brave Shields vs uBlock Origin, their approach to privacy, and more!

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• Adblock Rust (Brave's engine): https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 INTRO
00:46 BRAVE ON iOS
01:22 APPLE'S NEW FILTERING API
01:55 BRAVE VS. AI BROWSERS
03:05 BRAVE SHIELDS VS. UBLOCK ORIGIN
04:07 DIFFERENT AD BLOCKER PRIORITIES

#BraveBrowser #AdBlocking #Chromium
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