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Brave vs Firefox? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by adonkeystomple@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I currently use Brave and am curious about the pros and cons of both since I see many people recommend Firefox.

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[–] cwade12c@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Brave is open source. You can review and compile from source if you have privacy concerns.

To be completely fair, Mozilla is no angel. They installed extensions in people’s browsers without asking for permission, for example. No thanks.

Librewolf is my recommended go-to from a privacy perspective. And Brave is not horrible. If you look at Brave the company, they aren’t any worse than Mozilla the company.

And if you look at privacy features from a purely test driven point of view, Brave is better than Firefox, and Librewolf is better than both.

https://privacytests.org

[–] QuazarOmega@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Finally someone that is being objective here!
If I had to suggest a browser to a non techie person I'd definitely tell them to use Brave since it's the best middle ground between full privacy to the point of clunkiness and, well... Chrome.
It is still a little invasive by shoving features/ads in your face (wallet, videoconferencing web app, sponsored backgrounds, etc.), but they're less armful than other options and easier to turn off than slightly obscure about:config settings that break the experience of a non privacy concious user