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I dont use Brave and will never use it. But this sounds not logical.
Their ad system and affiliate URLs are not anti-privacy per-se. Its not as easy.
I will not use it as its
Not arkenfox, But that about tor browser?
Tor isn't really designed to be used for everyday use.
I think that's 50% true. There are multiple alternative places to host addons:
These alternative places are not popular so Google Addon store is an effective monopoly. But I think it's not impossible to challenge that.
I mean yes, but on Firefox you have no hassle at all. If they have such a great browser, why cant they have an addon store with baked in updates for the basics, Noscript, Ublock Origin and whatnot. Leave out all the Honey and Ghostery crap