On YouTube, the built-in adblocker is not working at all. And by that I mean the ads just aren’t being blocked as if I had toggled it off completely. (No “adblockers are not allowed” prompt.) This applies for both the in-video ads and home screen ads. [image] YouTube Enjoy the videos an…

@WallTermite I’m thinking you might be dealing with a known issue where some of the folders on the OS get locked behind admin and you have to reassign to your user level account. Instructions are at https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/38609#issuecomment-2195847971 Similar instructions can…

I’m having this same Issue, been 3 weeks now, shields aren’t blocking anything, youtube, random webpage ads, nothing is being blocked. Did the issue present with default Shields settings? Yes. Does the site function as expected when Shields are turned off? Yes. Does the ad appear when using a P…

@WallTermite @Phylos if you both go to brave://components and try to update everything there, does it fail or does it all successfully update?

Some things work, but many fail.

For some reason there was no “User Data” file, so I just uninstalled and reinstalled and it worked like a charm. Thank you very much!

I tried this and it worked, it makes a lot of sense because I was messing with the user permissions the first time I got my PC. Thank you very much!

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