Hi everyone, I run a restaurant-focused website that mainly covers Texas Roadhouse menu updates, food reviews, and promotional offers. I recently started testing my site on different browsers to check performance and user experience, and I noticed some serious issues when loading it on the Brave browser. While everything works perfectly on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, the website behaves inconsistently on Brave certain scripts don’t load, images sometimes fail to display, and overall performance feels slower.
The first problem I noticed is that some of my site’s dynamic elements (like the interactive menu filter and review form) don’t load at all in Brave. When I check the console logs, I see multiple errors like “Blocked by Brave Shields” and “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT.” I understand Brave has built-in privacy protections, but my scripts are standard analytics and UI libraries (like Google Fonts, reCAPTCHA, and a simple ad tracking script). Is there a recommended way to make legitimate scripts load correctly in Brave without users having to manually disable Shields?
Another issue is related to caching and page speed. Pages that usually load in under two seconds on Chrome take almost twice as long in Brave, especially on mobile. I ran a few tests using Brave’s DevTools and noticed that some images and CSS files are not being cached properly. It seems like Brave’s aggressive privacy settings are interfering with caching headers or third-party content delivery. I’ve already tried setting longer cache durations and verified my server headers, but it doesn’t seem to make much difference.
There’s also a strange issue with embedded content. My website https://thetexasroadhousemenu.com/ has a few YouTube and Google Maps embeds both work fine elsewhere, but Brave sometimes replaces them with blank frames or “Privacy error” messages. I’ve read that this can happen when Brave blocks third-party cookies or cross-site trackers, but since these embeds are essential for the user experience, I’d like to find a safe workaround that doesn’t compromise privacy.
Additionally, I’ve had a few users report that when they visit my website using Brave Rewards, some links redirect incorrectly or break altogether. It looks like the browser’s privacy filters are interfering with certain URL parameters used for tracking and coupons. This only happens intermittently, which makes it even harder to debug.
Has anyone else experienced similar compatibility issues between Brave and regular website scripts or embeds? I’d really appreciate any advice on best practices for optimizing a site for Brave especially when it comes to balancing performance, privacy, and functionality. My main goal is to make sure visitors using Brave get the same smooth experience as users on other browsers without needing to change their Shield settings manually. Sorry for the long post!