Up to date chromium is 100% just as bad. Forked and selectively maintained version (like brave) aren't 100% just as bad, but varying degrees well below up to maybe even slightly above this hypothetical 100% marker. Not advocating for Brave (I don't personally use it), but the way they update is my main point here.

Not all of chromium's constituent components are required for a functional browser. At the end of the day, Firefox is just easier to trust and better supported than any of the chromium forks, personal opinion.

[–] buckykat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Brave is bad for its own reasons, like the cryptocurrency scam built into it.

[–] Shelberg@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

Okay, but if you just ignore/disable that part of it?

[–] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Like I said, I'm not advocating for it, and some forks are worse than basic chromuim.

[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Not to mention the brave ceo

[–] sock@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

what makes chromium bad? im a firefox user personally but im not actually sure why we dont like chromium i just know its a ram hog for my GAMING

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

brave also sells their ads

[–] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure that's what ads are made for but yeah