Edge is dropping support. Helium is not a major browser.
replyBrave is the only one that might be considered a valid point. However, because of Chromium dropping support they've had to implement a custom bypass to support Manifest v2 and they are also hosting a version of uBlock Origin for Chromium on their own servers.
It's really questionable how long this state of affairs can go on for. Brave has said they will support it "as long as they are able" but Google could easily just remove the `webRequest` API from Chromium or the engineering burden to keep it alive might just get to be too much
Unfortunately, I think it has an expiration date on any Chromium-based browser.
Agree on the last part, let’s see for how long.. but for now it’s simply not true.
replyEdge will lose it within the next few months: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2026/08/07/moving-the-mi...
replyRIP corporate users that can't install their own browsers but can install extensions
replyAhh so this will be what moves me off of Edge. Microsoft has almost entirely pushed me out of their ecosystem at this point.
replyThe title says "major browser", which none of those are.
replyBrave surely is a major browser with 100+M MAU, not too distant from Firefox with 150+M MAU.
replyBrave blocks those ads anyway so no point in Ublock, maybe that's why it's left out. It does inject it's own ads though, and then there's all the crypto nonsense.
replyAds on Brave are opt-in (and not embedded on webpages anyway) and the "crypto nonsense" is a way for them to try to stay afloat without having to accept money from Google and the likes.
replyThey are opt-out, not opt-in. Big difference.
replyLet's hear it then because I'm using Brave and don't see the opt-out.
replyhttps://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/38305898674957-H...
replyand simply dont use their homepage as your new tab page
Brave adblocking breaks some websites that uBlock Origin doesn't.
replyLately I’ve had better luck with Brave than with FF and UBO, at least one my various banking sites.
replyTechnically Firefox isn't a major browser either.
replyFirefox is less popular than some of the browsers you listed as not major, so it isn't major either
replyWell, Edge probably counts. I agree about the others.
replyEdge is a major browser but is dropping support
replyI use Vivaldi and I recently installed an update that disabled my v2 extensions. Had to downgrade and disable update checking.
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