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Additional Information: The webpage is greyed out as a pop up appears for a second then quickly disappears. All extensions are disabled but the problem still persists.
(I did notice I had to turn shields off again as that “offer” seems to come up again. Tried to figure out how to block it to make a custom filter, but wow no one has tested the block element function on the current build of Brave, you cannot select anything until you move the slider, THEN elements can be selected. Total FUBAR.)
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From my end it appears so. The offer pops up and can be dismissed, so it’s visible now with shields on (I verified as usual clearing cookies and cache so it treated it like a first-visit).
I routinely use Brave Browser Private Windows. There is no Block Element function, selection in a pop-up / pop-down window . . . nothing. At GitHub, I found discussions about the presence of Block Element in Brave Browser Private Windows:
The Block Element function/selection was previously available in Brave Browser Private Windows . . . but it disappeared, some time during the fall of 2025.
I had no idea that the Block Element function/selection still existed for “Normal” / “Regular” / “Standard” Brave Browser Windows, until this early Saturday (20260103) morning - “Normal” window:
