New Brave Browser Feature Bypasses 'Harmful' Google AMP Pages

[MacRumors]

Privacy-focused browser Brave has announced a new feature that bypasses pages rendered with Google's AMP framework and automatically redirects users to the original website.

AMP, or Accelerated Mobile Pages, is Google's non-standard subset of HTML that renders page content to make it look like its coming from the original publisher's website, when in fact it's being served from Google's servers.

Google claims that AMP improves website performance and simplifies the browsing experience, but critics say the framework furthers the monopolization of the web and is harmful to privacy, since it gives Google even more information on which pages users visit and how they interact with them.

In a blog post announcing the AMP-bypassing feature, called De-AMP, Brave explained how it would "protect" users from AMP in several ways.

Where possible, De-AMP will rewrite links and URLs to prevent users from visiting AMP pages altogether. And in cases where that is not possible, Brave will watch as pages are being fetched and redirect users away from AMP pages before the page is even rendered, preventing AMP/Google code from being loaded and executed.

Google is currently developing a successor to AMP, based on its Signed Exchange and WebBundle proposals, both of which Brave has previously criticized on the grounds of user control, performance, and privacy.

Last year, Brave dropped Google as its default search engine and replaced it with the more privacy-oriented Brave Search, which uses an independent index and doesn't track users or their searches.

Article Link: New Brave Browser Feature Bypasses 'Harmful' Google AMP Pages

 

[AmazeSE]

I use Brave just for the ad block. Especially for those YouTube ads. It works great.

 

[dysamoria]

Every web browser should do this.

 

[Prince Akeem]

Amplosion for Safari does the same thing, for a long time.

 

[oldoneeye]

You can rely on Google to intrude more and more every year .... but of course they're just trying to help

 

[MacWorld78]

Excellent I didn't know about that browser Brave app

 

[Pecka]

I use Brave for privateness and ideological reasons. It's a great browser with decent tab management. Takes up a bit more RAM than Safari and Firefox but it's fast.

I also like Brave Search, the hits are more or less as good as Google.

 

[TechRunner]

Interesting. Might be time to experiment with it.

 

[rp2011]

where is that hand clapping emoji. Good for Brave!

 

[MichaelQ]

Brave is excellent. Been using for six months as my second browser when Safari has a hissy fit.

 

[krspkbl]

checked it out. based on chromium. no thanks! what's the point in being a privacy focused browser if you're still gonna just use chromium?

 

[Pecka]

checked it out. based on chromium. no thanks! what's the point in being a privacy focused browser if you're still gonna just use chromium?

As far as I'm aware they have removed all Google related stuff.

 

[Lasermoon]

Amplosion for Safari does the same thing, for a long time.

Not for macOS

Compatibility
iPhoneRequires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPadRequires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touchRequires iOS 15.0 or later.

 

[mike090910]

Not for macOS

Compatibility
iPhoneRequires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPadRequires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touchRequires iOS 15.0 or later.

FAKE NEWS

 

[mike090910]

tried it, stopped responding, deleted it from my mac. Thought about it for iPhone, but they have an ad supported one, no thanks.

 

[orbital~debris]

Good for Brave!

AMP needs to be taken out, permanently.

 

[Lasermoon]

FAKE NEWS

Amplosion | A safari extension to automatically redirect from AMP links to normal websites.

From the creator of Apollo, Amplosion is an easy to use and private app, meaning nothing is ever tracked. It even has a dog who lives in the app. Download Amplosion and never see an AMP page again.

amplosion.app

 

[CraigJDuffy]

DuckDuckGo’s Mac Browser also does this.

 

[Veeper]

You can rely on Google to intrude more and more every year .... but of course they're just trying to help

This is the kind of thinking that Google wants to help you overcome. That, and any unsavory independent thoughts you might have.

Zombie voice: “Consume products…. Vote for <insert red/blue based on aggregate user data set>….”

 

[Steve121178]

DuckDuckGo’s Mac Browser also does this.

Still waiting for my invite code so I can download it.

 

[strawbale]

DuckDuckGo’s Mac Browser also does this.

whilst using Bing...

 

[Ronald Reagan]

Another good reason to use the Brave search engine is to bypass their extremely one-sided search results. Forget DDG. They’ve been in the news lately for the same reason.

 

[CraigJDuffy]

Still waiting for my invite code so I can download it.

It’s pretty cool - I’ve been in the closed beta for a few months now.

 

[Steve121178]

It’s pretty cool - I’ve been in the closed beta for a few months now.

From what I have read it looks to be a very lightweight browser which is focussed on privacy - which is what most of us want or need.

How do you find it?

 

[Sheepish-Lord]

The Brave browser basics: what it does, how it differs from rivals

The web browser from Brave Software relies on an unusual business model: it strips out ads from websites, replaces them with its own ads, then allows users to send money to sites they like.

www.computerworld.com