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Please boycott Brave (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by nerdyguy1990@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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Didn't know where to post this, so hopefully this is the right spot. Please boycott Brave. I've recently learned that not only is their CEO bad, but their fanbase is toxic, too. I will no longer be using Brave for that reason.

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[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

If you want a good all around browser, Firefox.

If you don't like Mozilla either (which is fair), GNU Icecat, Fennec F-Droid, etc.

If you absolutely need Chromium, Ungoogled Chromium.

[–] deFrisselle@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

Try Thorium

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 years ago

Based and FOSS privacy pilled

[–] uthredii@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

I don't really agree that Brave should not be used because of a toxic fanbase.

I think the best reason not to use Brave is that they are a marketing/advertising company that claims to give their users privacy. Advertising companies will always have an incentive to invade privacy as it increase add revenues. Brave is just copying Google's business model with extra steps.

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -3 points 3 years ago

Brave Browser is funded by DoD: https://np.reddit.com/r/privatelife/comments/fe34ls/exclusive_brave_browser_funded_by_dod_contractor/

Brave traffic detected with Cryptocompare despite BAT rewards disabled: https://removeddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/gr8nue/

Brave also has a known history of whitelisting Facebook and Twitter trackers, and has a crippled adblocker that does not work on Brave's "acceptable" advertisements.

Brave Browser hardcoded their crypto partner Binance referral links (https://twitter.com/cryptonator1337/status/1269201480105578496) alongwith Ledger and soon-to-be-compromised Coinbase (https://decrypt.co/31461/coinbase-wants-to-identify-bitcoin-users-for-dea-irs)