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Brave Default Setting Improvements #463

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Some of Brave's settings aren't good defaults for crawling.

  • Embedded LinkedIn posts are blocked by default to preserve privacy — probably with good intention, but it also means they won't be captured by the crawler!
  • AMP pages are redirected automatically — unsure if this is good or bad, seems like possible added hassle when figuring out scoping?
  • Tracker and ad blocking is set to Standard, unsure what this does
  • Cross site cookies are blocked — likely fine?
  • Widevine is off by default — likely not an issue, crawling DRM content doesn't work.
  • IPFS is set to "Ask" and requires user input, won't work when crawling
  • Brave's analytics are on, would probably be good to turn these off? We're not real users :P
  • Brave's shields (default adblock and tracking protection) are on by default

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As a user, I'd like my crawler's default settings to offer the best chances of success!

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