Chrome is set to rollout Manifest v3 sometime "soon" which will limit adblockers. See here: https://reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/11peeuw/
I personally use Firefox as my default browser, but I still recommend Brave to anyone who is used to Chrome but wants to move away. I have a few tips to make the transition easy.
This is NOT for de-Googleing your browser. This will in fact re-Google it to some degree. This is for people who like the Google integration in Chrome and want to keep it as much as possible. I also support de-Googleing, but that is a separate conversation.
All of these changes are found in the settings (3-line menu > Settings, or type chrome://settings/ in the URLbar)
Chrome New Tab Page
Brave's new tab page is very different from Chrome's. If you want to bring Chrome's back, here's what you can do:
Go to Settings > Appearance > Show Home Button, turn it on.
Pick "Enter custom web address" and type: chrome://new-tab-page/
Go to Settings > New Tab Page
New Tab Page shows > select Homepage
You can go back to Appearance and turn off "Show Home Button" if you'd like
If you also login to your Google account, it will be integrated into your New Tab Page, just like Chrome.
Other Appearance Settings
Settings > Appearance
Turn off "Show Brave News button in address bar"
Turn on "Use wide address bar"
Show Sidebar > Never
Turn off "Show VPN button"
Brave Rewards
Settings > Brave Rewards
Turn off both options "Show Brave Rewards icon in address bar" and "Show Tip buttons on sites"
Privacy and Security
Settings > Privacy and Security
You can turn on "Use Google services for push messaging" if you wish. Most people can turn it off and won't miss it.
Turn off the next 3 options, "Allow privacy-preserving product analytics (P3A)" "Automatically send daily usage ping to Brave" and "Automatically send diagnostic reports"
Under "Tor Windows"
Settings > Privacy and Security > Tor windows
You can turn all of these off if you don't use Tor.
If you DO use Tor, I suggest turning on only the top two: "Private window with Tor" and "Automatically redirect .onion sites" but remember that websites can still fingerprint you with info like the size of your browser window, user agent, etc.
Also, if you turn on "Volunteer to help others connect to the Tor network" people can potentially use your internet connection to commit online crimes, which could be traced back to you and not them; I would personally leave that off.
Sync
Settings > Sync
You can use this to sync several Brave browsers. It obviously works differently than Chrome because it's not tied to your Google account.
It is designed to make syncing mobile browsers to desktop browsers easy, by scanning QR codes, but it's possible to sync all types of browsers.
Search Engine
Settings > Search Engine
If you really like searching with Google, you can change your search engine to Google here
Turn off "Web Discovery Project"
Extensions
Settings > Extensions
You can turn on all of these toggles if you'd like: "Allow Google login for extensions" "Hangouts" "Media Router" and "Widevine" but I would not recommend "WebTorrent" though, because it is very buggy.
Web3
Settings > Web3
Turn off "Show Brave Wallet icon on toolbar"
Import Chrome History/Bookmarks
If you didn't import your Chrome profile when you first set up Brave, you can go to Settings > Get Started > Import
And when you're ready to switch, click "Make Default"
There are lots of other settings, but they are not Brave-specific, so just set them up the same way you would setup Chrome
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