Brave Launches Paid, Bloat-Free "Brave Origin"

$p=“HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave”; New-Item -Path $p -Force | Out-Null; $d=@{BraveRewardsDisabled=1;BraveWalletDisabled=1;TorDisabled=1;BraveVPNDisabled=1;BraveNewsDisabled=1;BraveTalkDisabled=1;BraveP3AEnabled=0;BraveStatsPingEnabled=0;BraveWebDiscoveryEnabled=0;BraveAIChatEnabled=0;BravePlaylistEnabled=0;BraveSpeedreaderEnabled=0;BraveWaybackMachineEnabled=0;PasswordManagerEnabled=0;AutofillCreditCardEnabled=0;AutofillAddressEnabled=0;BackgroundModeEnabled=0;BrowserSignin=0;MetricsReportingEnabled=0;DefaultBrowserSettingEnabled=0;PromotionalTabsEnabled=0}; foreach($k in $d.Keys){New-ItemProperty -Path $p -Name $k -Value $d[$k] -PropertyType DWord -Force | Out-Null}; gpupdate /force | Out-Null; Stop-Process -Name brave -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; Write-Host “Brave policies applied. Check brave://policy after restart.”

Run this as admin in PS. Does the cleanup and you don’t need to pay 60 USD for it.

Result is below

Please share screenshots of the browser, whether or not they’re hidden, and if possible, provide performance metrics from before and after the patch…

If I see that it works as I expect, then Brave is easy to manipulate via commands without self-protection.

PS commands are just adding group policy settings, nothing fancy.

Where did you see this text? I think Brave has been pretty clear there is not a limit on personal activations. They rate limit activations so one person can’t just share their key with the whole world.

It would be nice if they planned to provide APK distribution somehow, via F- Droid or maybe a self- updating mechanism.

Or maybe they are, and I’ve just missed it? I don’t think so.

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Based on the translation into my language of the second and third images, it seems to work; however, we’ll have to see if it continues to function smoothly in the long term, how it performs, and other factors.

If it works with those commands, then it’s easy to manipulate Brave without its self-defense mechanisms. It’s clear—more than clear—and who knows what else might be hidden beneath the surface with further exploration.

Thanks for sharing.

I think it was mentioned in an article. I do remember seeing a limit of ten.

If you are against typing PS commands, you can add registry entries manually.
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave

Could be wrong, but I think they publish them on their GitHub repo. If you use something like Obtaniun, it would be pretty easy to set up auto updates without having to use the Play Store.

If not, I think FF Updater has all Brave variants.

Yeah, you can use Obtainium to fetch Brave browser updates. Though I do believe for it to work smoothly more configuration is necessary than just pointing Obtainium to the GitHub release page. see: https://apps.obtainium.imranr.dev/ for a more detailed configuration.

It is important to note that I do not believe that Brave has yet released a standalone .apk for Brave Origin, though you can still “upgrade” regular Brave nightly/beta[1] to Brave Origin on Android.


  1. and presumably stable once Origin reaches a stable status ↩︎

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Maybe we aren’t in the target market for Origin. I’d imagine this would fit in small offices where the tech users don’t want to use main browsers (Firefox, Safari, Chrome) and the IT crew doesn’t want normal Brave with it’s extra features that aren’t that professional.

Although I do get a lot of ooo’s and ahhh’s when I’m sharing my desktop and do a new tab - with the random image and the stats of saved traffic and time.