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Why not Brave and Alternative to Brave. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Harry_h0udini@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/foss@beehaw.org

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I've been seeing a lot of people hate and uninstall Brave. Why? It's not like they're tracking us or doing anything else shady. If so, what's the privacy alternative?

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[–] hyperspace@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I find myself switching between Brave and Firefox. The anti-Brave crowd is mostly dissatisfied with the Brave ownership and the crypto/ad features. I myself don't have a problem with either. The crypto and ad features can simply be disabled. If you like Brave and it does what you want then you should use it

[–] mushvey@mastodon.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@hyperspace @Harry_h0udini

A large part is also that it's Chromium based. I agree about the features, the first thing I do with Firefox is go around and disable all the random stuff they've added (eg: pocket)

[–] hyperspace@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A large part is also that it's Chromium based.

Ah right, I forgot about that. It's a valid argument.