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comment by Devac
Devac  ·  2027 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Google Just Gave 2 Billion Chrome Users A Reason To Switch To Firefox [or Brave]

You're right to the extent of how Brave/Opera/Vivaldi implemented their own blockers (I have no idea myself), but when we talk about codebase as large as Chromium's, it's very easy to miss things. Not even in a 'conspiracy' sense (e.g. something malicious stuck in a crucial binary blob inherited from Google, IIRC Chromium still has those despite their years of effort), just a simple, honest mistake. Frankly, I recommend Pi-hole/hostfiles regardless of browser. It just makes things easier in the long run.