Bypass Paywalls Clean won't run on Brave?

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Hello,

(I see no “ad-block”, or “adblock” tag in the list)

Since uBlock Origin is supposed to stop working soon, I’m trying to migrate to Brave.

After installing Bypass Paywalls Clean as a crx-file, the extension is disabled and the browser won’t let me run it.

Does it mean it won’t work in Brave?

Thank you.

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thanks for share good information.

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Do you have developer mode enabled? And did you check the options under Details?

Umm, to be clear, uBlock Origin should work for a while within Brave. You may want to read through https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/

But even at that, keep in mind uBlock Origin does have uBlock Origin Lite which will continue to work on browsers as well. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh

But Brave’s native adblocker should be good enough for you.

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Yes, developer mode is enabled — it’s requited to install BPC through a CRC file. What could I try to make it work?

As for uBlock Origin: I just wanted to make sure a good adblocking solution was available, either that or another extension (or internal solution within Brave)

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I assumed as much, but I’ve learned that crazy things happen sometimes and so have learned to ask.

Now, to confirm:

  1. If you go to turn it on, it’s not working? Or are you just getting concerned because of the warning note? To my knowledge it should still be able to be enabled. So just clicking the toggle on the bottom right should enable it
  2. If can’t be enabled, I was saying to click on Details button on the bottom left. I can’t remember what we’d be looking for, but am thinking when I added an extension in the past there was a toggle I had to enable for it to be able to work.
  3. If neither of the above, I guess would ask if changing disabling Safe Browsing changes anything. You do that at brave://settings/security

If it’s none of those, then I’ll try to do some research and see what we might be missing. But would be helpful if you can explain what happens when you try to enable it and all, assuming it doesn’t turn on.

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Extensions like BPC that aren’t signed by the Chrome store can be installed in one of two ways:

  1. Unzip the extension and then use the “Load unpacked” option. The extension will not be able to update automatically if you choose this option.
  2. Allowlist the extension in the registry (in Windows) or in a policy file (in other OSes) and then drag in the CRX.

The BPC repo you linked to already provides the steps you need to follow if you choose the first option. For the second option, BPC actually includes a .reg file that will allowlist the extension in bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean-master.zip in the “allowlist” folder. There’s even a Brave-specific one in there.

If you ever need to do it manually, the key is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave\ExtensionInstallAllowlist, where you need to add a new string value with a numeric name (e.g. 1), and the value will be the extension ID to allow. BPC’s ID is lkbebcjgcmobigpeffafkodonchffocl.

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Thanks for the tip. Adding the .reg file to the Regisry as Admin didn’t help with the CRX file (extension still shown as disabled), but it did work with the unzipped folder method (“Load Unpacked”, which means it won’t be automatically updated).