Brave AD-Blocker and Rewards

[Dominykaz]

Greetings!

After setting up everything on the Brave Browser there was only one question that was bothering me, if anyone knows the answer, please do reply:

Does the built-in “Trackers & ads blocked (standard)” affect the BAT rewards in any way?

Thanks!

[Chocoholic]

Hi and welcome to the community.

@Dominykaz

Does the built-in “Trackers & ads blocked (standard)” affect the BAT rewards in any way?

Short answer, no.

Additional information

• From brave://settings/shields Header Information

Block trackers and ads which follow you across the web.

These are the default Shields settings. They apply to all websites unless you change something in the Shields panel on a particular site. Changing these won’t affect your existing per-site settings.

This will block most ads on websites, not Brave Private Ads — those are controlled in the Brave Rewards settings.

• From a moderator in a similar post

@Mattches

Unless there is something I’m (and the rest of the team) unaware of, installing an ad-blocker extension in the browser (while not necessary) will not have any effect on whether or not ads are shown. Brave ads (at this time) leverage your OS’s notification system – they are read and sent as notifications, not as an “ad” that any ad-block software would block.