Brave Browser on Big Sur 11.0.1?

[Peadogie]

I'm looking for a second browser to use for websites that don't play nice with Safari and I don't want to use Chrome, so I thought I might try Brave.
Any problems?
Does it block ads on YouTube?
TIA.

 

[cfdlab]

Go for it.

opera is also nice with builtin ad blocker.

 

[neuralengine]

You could check out Chromium, which is Chrome without all the Google bits.

You may want to look into a few of the controversies surrounding Brave if that sort of thing matters to you.

Firefox remains an excellent, fast, privacy-minded browser, and you can install Privacy Badger and Ad Nauseam which will block a lot of the worse ads.

 

[DJLC]

Brave is my daily driver. I know there are complaints about how they've handled their opt-in advertising and their cryptocurrency stuff, but I don't use any of that and therefore don't care at all. I like that I don't have to mess with extra add-ons, and it's noticeably faster than Chrome.

Working fine in Big Sur on my 2015 MBP. Although I will say I'm tempted to go back to Safari for daily use with the updates in Big Sur...

 

[Peadogie]

I know there are complaints about how they've handled their opt-in advertising and their cryptocurrency stuff, but I don't use any of that and therefore don't care at all.

Yeah, I won't be using any of that.

I like that I don't have to mess with extra add-ons, and it's noticeably faster than Chrome.

No add-ons is the main reason I am considering Brave. Faster is a big plus.

I will say I'm tempted to go back to Safari for daily use with the updates in Big Sur...

I am happy with Safari except for the aforementioned problem sites.

 

[dizmonk]

I've been using Firefox as my secondary browser on Big Sur. I have gotten regular crashes though when it's doing multiple downloads. Safari on Big Sur has been outstanding. Far better than I have experienced in the past.

 

[GravimetricWave]

I have been using Brave with Catalina for most of the year, but after I upgraded to Big Sur, I started having connection problems. Even after uninstalling and reinstalling Brave, I received “Your connection was interrupted” errors and incomplete page loads. Sometimes the pages would load after a few seconds, and other times not. I finally gave up and uninstalled Brave for good. Now I'm using Firefox without any issues.

 

[cfdlab]

If I set an alternate browser like Brave as default, if I highlight some text in Apple Mail and do internet search, it still opens Safari.

Anyone know how to make it open my default browser instead of Safari ?

 

[DavidQPR]

I have Brave set as default browser so I can go on Youtube with zero adverts. Can also browse Daily Mail UK site, every other browser won't let me unless I disable ad blocker. However I generally start up Safari for everything else as I just prefer it in general use.

 

[ph001bi]

I'm looking for a second browser to use for websites that don't play nice with Safari and I don't want to use Chrome, so I thought I might try Brave.
Any problems?
Does it block ads on YouTube?
TIA.

I would recommend Vivaldi, it's very fast and privacy minded.