Firefox 149 quietly integrated adblock-rust, Brave's open-source Rust-based ad and tracker blocking engine, as a disabled prototype feature. The integration was handled by Mozilla engineer Benjamin VanderSloot. Waterfox, a popular Firefox fork, has also adopted the same engine, demonstrating cross-browser adoption.
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Firefox Has Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine
Firefox 149 adopts Brave's open-source Rust-based adblock engine, establishing cross-browser convergence around a single privacy standard as Waterfox follows suit.
Saturday, April 25, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline
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