*when open a page like X and then close that page, instead of going back to my Home Screen, I get an unrequested ad for “Karate Combat” with no info in the URL window.
@robscott you are on your home page. What you’re seeing is one of the backgrounds that can appear. This is called a Sponsored Image, also known as a New Tab Page ad. If you do not wish to see them, then you go to Brave’s Settings → New Tab Page and then either change Media Type to Default Images if you want those…or you can just disable Background completely.
These NTP ads are the only ones Brave has that’s enabled by default and is more of an opt out than opt in thing. It just appears when we return to the “home” screen, which is our dashboard.
I saw that too. Personally, I think that it should be something that is an opt-out feature by default. Then if someone desires to, they can opt-in to that.
I agree and have said it multiple times to people at Brave, but it’s just one thing they haven’t wanted to change…at least not to this point. They see it as not being intrusive, privacy respecting, easily disabled, etc.
And while not voiced specifically, I get the feeling they have it there just to draw attention from people and have it as a moment of them to learn more about Rewards. Though more importantly, it’s them at least just trying to get a little money by showing the ad so they can continue developing the browser.
Again, I can’t say I agree, but I’m just another user.