Functionality can be disabled, but everything stays present in the UI after you disabled it.
Brave planning to introduce subscription for customizing the browser?
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Neither of them can be really disabled for years. It is like settings in Windows, it does nothing.
You can check Brave bugs reports, where webpages were blocked like by disabled Brave Shield.
I have never enabled Brave Rewards and yet Brave attempts connections to variations.brave.com.
Additional Resources - MulesGaming/brave-debloatinator GitHub Wiki
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Why is Brave connecting to ad domains?
On iOS Brave is connecting below domains. How can I prevent it from connecting these domains? Thankfully my DNS is blocking all of these queries. Rewards, VPN, data sharing options are already disabled. search.anonymous.ads.brave.com geo.ads.brave.com variations.brave.com...
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Which is true for the Settings page, but once it's configured for the Browser toolbar, I find it very clean looking, bloat free.
I never thought to check that (I don't use a DNS). Thanks for the postNeither of them can be really disabled for years. It is like settings in Windows, it does nothing.
You can check Brave bugs reports, where webpages were blocked like by disabled Brave Shield.
I have never enabled Brave Rewards and yet Brave attempts connections to variations.brave.com.
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Additional Resources - MulesGaming/brave-debloatinator GitHub Wiki
github-wiki-see.page
Why is Brave connecting to ad domains?
On iOS Brave is connecting below domains. How can I prevent it from connecting these domains? Thankfully my DNS is blocking all of these queries. Rewards, VPN, data sharing options are already disabled. search.anonymous.ads.brave.com geo.ads.brave.com variations.brave.com...
Settings, Downloads, Bookmarks, main menu etc...
If you're going to use Brave, why not just run it through the SlimBrave powershell script and be done with it. It'll remove all that needless crypto, VPN, telemetry crap, and you won't need to pay for Brave Origin..
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I don't know of a perfect company with a perfect browser. In the case of Brave—crypto, Rewards, VPN, and Leo Premium are all part of the revenue model, which is why they're somewhat persistent features. Once disabled, they're mostly out of sight and out of mind. Non-tracking ads play an important role in their business, too.
Nowadays, Brave is also on the hook for the cost of operating and improving an independent search engine that's growing in popularity. Maintaining a completely independent index burdens them with higher costs than even household brands like DuckDuckGo, which largely relies on Bing.
Nowadays, Brave is also on the hook for the cost of operating and improving an independent search engine that's growing in popularity. Maintaining a completely independent index burdens them with higher costs than even household brands like DuckDuckGo, which largely relies on Bing.
variations.brave.com is related to Griffin, Brave's equivalent of Google Finch, based on Chromium's variations service but without sending data to Google. It's a feature experimentation and A/B testing system.
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I prefer the Chrome model of earning their living through data collection, rather than inserting uninstallable items inside the browser.
At least Google is very open about their business model and it's constantly the same.
Usually companies charge for the addition of features, Brave would be brave enough to start charging for removal of features.
Classic greed dressed in promises for privacy.
Classic greed dressed in promises for privacy.
I use Brave on Linux and Android. It depends how small the small fee is otherwise I will switch to Firefox.
and I have real doubts Brave is not collecting data, just as Chrome, in addition to the revenue from the extra elements of AI, crypto, and vpn.
This proves they are not really "features".
Oh, they are collecting data, don't worry, through their P3A tool. It's opt-out so you have to disable it manually. Anonymous or not, they still collect data.
THIS. If you want people to pay to disable the features, then they aren't features at all more like annoyance.
I just wonder how many people lost money due to Brave introducing them to crypto scam world.
This is just another company following the trend to make things "premium", and subscription based. Apparently they can't make enough $$$ from the ads, crypto and premium Brave Search.
Soon enough life will be by subscription only.
Might as well use Chrome.
But, until that time actually comes, I'll keep using Brave and see what the options are. Right now, it's just a lot of hand wringing 
I'll keep using it as well because on Android I don't really have an alternative.But, until that time actually comes, I'll keep using Brave and see what the options are. Right now, it's just a lot of hand wringing
On Android I also have FF installed with uBlock, but I still like Brave better, its built in ad blocker, layout out, and settings work well for me.
Let alone like others have mentioned, on a PC, no YouTube ads (I don't, rarely go on YouTube with my phone).
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1. Brave Origin is free on Linux.
2. Brave Origin requires a one-time small payment on non-Linux - if the user wants the "debloated" version.
There is no subscription for Brave Origin.
2. Brave Origin requires a one-time small payment on non-Linux - if the user wants the "debloated" version.
There is no subscription for Brave Origin.
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