Hi. I have been using brave browser for a couple years now and just yesterday I’ve reached 700k in blocked ads. But despite all this I have been experiencing constant issues with brave browser which makes browser less appealing to use: when Im playing youtube video on one tab and then switch to another tab backgroud video play just stops playing that video in the backgroud. That also happens when I listen to some youtube videos when i’m outside brave browser browsing in another tab. Also sometimes when watching the video, the video just keeps pausing and you have to wait for it to play again. I have also noticed, that sometimes youtube video thumbnails end up as a little space in the left while the whole thumbnail space is a big black bar. I provide an example of this black bar thumbnail problem below. Right now as Im listening to this the video just keeps pausing. I have already updated lists and cleared history, cookies and closed the app but it dosent solve the problem. Really hope someone can help me solve this problem because I really want to use this browser as my standalone main browser but sometimes because of unstability and these issues I strongly think about switching to another browser.
My current, overall Brave Browser Oil Treatment Racing Special . . . notions, some of which, may help you:
Basically, there is a power to weight ratio problem for every Internet browser.
Learning how to tune the Internet browser, is an art that requires determination.
Because I require Brave Browser to perform well in the category of Privacy & Security, I tune the browser to do only that. For example, I do not use “Tabs” - I do not let them accumulate and remain. (I do not have to worry about saving them.)
I plan on the Internet browser crashing, to fail, to quit “for no apparent” or any reason. I routinely back up the Internet browsers’ data sets - every day - and I have been doing that for over 20 years.
I run light, without extensions and other gear (ie Rewards and other bells and whistles). (Except, I have 2 very light weight, simple extensions that I built for certain text editing when visiting a few websites.)
Specifically re the iPhone, my iOS settings are usually:
Brave Browser iOS Settings - iPhone 14
Shields & Privacy
Trackers & Ads Blocking: Aggressive
- Upgrade Connections to HTTPS: Standard
- Auto-Redirect AMP Pages [ENABLED]
- Auto-Redirect Tracking URLs [ENABLED]
- Block Scripts [ENABLED]
- Block all Cookies [DISABLED]
- Block Fingerprinting [ENABLED]
- Enable Global Privacy Control [ENABLED]
- Block Cookie Consent Notices [ENABLED]
Content Filtering:
EXTERNAL FILTER LISTS
- easylist_noadult.txt is ENABLED
CUSTOM FILTERS
- several that I have added in order to
- hide ad elements (instead of bothering
- [at-]fanboynz)
DEFAULT FILTER LISTS
- EasyList Cookie [ENABLED]
- Fanboy’s Mobile Notifications [ENABLED]
CLEAR PRIVATE DATA
- Browsing History [ENABLED]
- Cache [ENABLED]
- Cookies and Site Data [ENABLED]
- Saved Logins [ENABLED]
- Downloaded files [ENABLED]
- Brave News [ENABLED]
- Brave Ads Data [ENABLED]
- Playlist Offline Data [ENABLED]
- Playlist Media & Offline Data [ENABLED]
- Recent Search Data[ENABLED]
Manage Website Data (no data, but
- occasionally
google.comshows)
Privacy Hub
Show Shields Data [DISABLED]
Show VPN Alerts [DISABLED]
OTHER PRIVACY SETTINGS
- Private Browsing Only [ENABLED]
- Block ‘Switch to App’ Notices [ENABLED]
- Allow universal links to open in external apps [DISABLED]
- Block Dangerous Websites [ENABLED]
- Enable Screen Time [DISABLED]
- Allow Privacy-Preserving Product Analytics (P3A) [DISABLED]
- Automatically send daily usage ping to Brave [DISABLED]
BRAVE BROWSER SETTINGS (continued)
Rewards [DISABLED]
News [DISABLED]
Brave Firewall + VPN [DISABLED]
Playlist (all settings:) [DISABLED]
Web3 (all settings:) [DISABLED]
GENERAL
Search Engines
Standard Tab: Startpage
Private Tab: Startpage
Quick-Search Engines
- DuckDuckGo [ENABLED]
- Brave Search [DISABLED]
- Bing [DISABLED]
- Ecosia [DISABLED]
- Google [DISABLED]
- Qwant [DISABLED]
- BSWEB [DISABLED]
BSWEB was the Brave Search Settings webpage, but I removed the link info, and am UNABLE to remove, for unknown reasons, the BSWEB entry from:
Custom Search Engines
- BSWEB
THERE IS NO DELETE BUTTON / FUNCTION FOR THAT ENTRY.
By the way, the following three settings that show for my iPhone 8 Plus, DO NOT SHOW for the iPhone 14:
Show Search Suggestions [DISABLED]
Show Recent Searches [DISABLED]
Show Browser Suggestions [DISABLED]
Sync [DISABLED]
Show Last Visited Bookmarks [DISABLED]
Siri Shortcuts [DISABLED/DO NOT USE IT]
Enable Pull-to-refresh [DISABLED]
Block Popups [ENABLED]
Website Redirects
- reddit.com → old.reddit.com [ENABLED]
- npr.org → text.npr.org [ENABLED]
DISPLAY
Media
Enable Background Audio [DISABLED]
Open YouTube links in Brave [ENABLED]
Highest Quality Playback: Allow over Wi-Fi
Appearance: Automatic
MODE
- Night Mode [DISABLED]
New Tab Page
BACKGROUND
- Background [ENABLED]
- Media Type > Default Images
WIDGETS
- Privacy Hub [ENABLED]
- Favorites [ENABLED]
Shortcut Button: Hide Shortcut Button
Hide Brave Rewards Icon [ENABLED]
TABS
- Top Bar [ENABLED]
- Tabs Bar [OFF]
- Close Tabs: Manually
SECURITY
- Browser Lock [DISABLED]
- Logins & Passwords > Save Logins [DISABLED]
Tips regarding Brave Shields:
I have more success, with:
- Brave Shields UP
- Either Allow All Cookies or Block 3rd Party Cookies, but NOT Blocking All Cookies
- Allowing JavaScripts from specific sources, but NOT Allowing All JavaScripts
- Trackers & Ads treatment: Aggressive (at first), and then incrementally relaxing that setting
- Fingerprinting (aka footprinting) blocking: Strict (at first), and then incrementally relaxing that setting
I almost NEVER use:
- All of Brave Shields UP
- All of Brave Shields DOWN
Shields Basics
https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/categories/360001053072-Shields
How do I configure global and site-specific Shields settings?
How do I use Shields while browsing?
https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360022806212-How-do-I-use-Shields-while-browsing