r/brave

I’m curious whether its minimalist design philosophy translates into real performance benefits.

This just started this morning when ever i try to use the microphone to text feature on the brave browser. i spent the last hour trying to figure it out, I have uninstalled reinstalled deleted every scrap of my profile chache, reset microphone permissions. I can use the voice to text on other browsers Brave on my phone. but on my pc "Content failed to load" when the tool is called i spent 2 hours in the consol there are errors i don't understand them.

Chat gpt read them said this,

Failed to execute 'showPopover' on 'HTMLElement':
Invalid to show a popover during another show operation

That means ChatGPT tries to open the little mic/dictation panel, but Brave says “nope, another popup operation is already happening,” and then ChatGPT’s UI hits an error boundary instead of showing the mic panel.

The ui_boundary_error confirms it is a ChatGPT web UI crash, not a normal microphone permission issue.

There is also a contentscript.js error, which means some script injected into the page is also breaking when you click. That could be a Brave built-in feature or browser component, not necessarily an extension.

But that doesn't make any sense because i have this problem remaining on a GDAMN FRESH INSTALL!

I've realized that as the days goes by, Brave is clearly loosing what was making it good in the first place.

And today marks a new regression for me with 4 extensions not usable anymore, when those same extensions are still working on other browsers.

Then i was genuinely disappointed to learn that we can pay 60$ for the unbloated version of the browser, with "Brave Origin" (what a joke).

Also not only i see a blatant lack of customisations, but also useful flags are getting shadow removed, while more and more bad features are getting implemented that you cannot disable, like in mobile version for example with that notification appearing each time asking you if you want to get back to your previous page.

Not to mention that the lack of extension support on the android version is getting old now.

Those rounded edges everywhere now are just getting into my system as well.

I don't think i'm going to continue to accept this. It was good while it lasted, but i can't continue using a desecrated version of what was once something strong and reliable.

I migrated to Brave 2 days ago, as I couldn't use 2 V2 extensions on Chrome anymore with all tweaks that used to work. Today when I launched Brave, it disabled these 2 V2 extensions. I had to do similar thing that I did on Chrome in order to use these 2 extensions and I wonder how long till Brave disables them fully like Chrome.

The reason I'm using these 2 extensions is because there are none V3 that do the work even close as these do. There are similar but none function as good as these ones.

I have just updated Brave to Build 1.92.134 and Chromium to Build 150.0.7871.63. ViolentMonkey has been disabled, and I received the following message: 'This extension has been disabled because it is no longer supported.'

I thought Brave still maintained Manifest V2, so shouldn't these extensions keep working? Or am I missing something?

I'm not asking for a debate about whether browser updates are "important" I already know they are. That's not the issue.

What I need is a practical way to stop Brave from updating in Windows, even if the steps are ugly, complex, or system-level. If there's a reliable method, that's what I'm looking for.

The reason is simple: the whole "no updates" idea feels fake anyway. Vendors change settings, override preferences, and do whatever they want later. You can spend time configuring a browser carefully, only to have an update come along and undo part of it.

My immediate problem is that Manifest V2 deprecation just broke core extensions I actually use. This is not a theoretical complaint. It's already affecting my setup, and I need to keep the browser stable until this mess settles down.

So please, if you know how to block Brave updates effectively:

-share the method,

-include specific steps,

-and skip the "no updates are dangerous" lecture unless it adds something concrete.

Thanks in advance!

Are the tab groups that same layout in Origin? I really like Brave but hate how big the font and tab group name is. I think Chrome does it better with a slimmer profile and would upgrade if the tab groups are different.

Hi, i have a website with a valid SSL, its not on any black lists, however Brave shows that RED page saying its dangerous, so how do we add this to allow it to be used?

We found the POP UPS in settings area but thats not working.