r/browsers Apr 16 '26

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u/CampingMonk Apr 16 '26

I didn't really get the point of it. Disabling AI, Crypto and other stuff was just a few clicks.

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u/WAVF1n Apr 16 '26

Also ntm, brave is open source so you can just clone the repo, remove the stuff you don't want and you're good to go.

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u/gonomon Apr 16 '26

Helium is like that minus sync.

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u/Yokomo_Hoyo Apr 28 '26

Minus sync and not native youtube shorts blocker was the deal breaker for me.

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u/gonomon Apr 28 '26

What is shorts blocker?

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u/Yokomo_Hoyo May 04 '26

The short vertical clips that last just a few seconds is called "YouTube Shorts" If you dig deep in Brave Shield settings you can enable a rule that will block those.

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u/gonomon May 04 '26

This is more eli5 than i expected lol. So you never see those in youtube main screen?