I don't trust browsers that feel the need to advertise themselves
this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2023
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Almost every browser does that
"Pick me, im good"
Librewolf/mullvad didn't advertise afaik, all of theirpopularity came from word of mouth
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That's why I use curl and less
Unless someone wants to disagree with me
All the code is opensource and no one has ever raised a privacy alarm in a merged pull request. There's nothing to fear
People don't like the creator of Brave because he's supposedly anti-trans. He donated to some anti-trans political group iirc.
The browser also has some crypto stuff (web advertisment replacement, block chain based decentralized browser sync), and a lot of people hate crypto these days.
Personally I think it's a good browser, the web needs advertising revenue to function and it's solution to replacing web ads with optional browser ads that still pay the websites you visit seems like a decent solution. I respect the push to use a non-chromium browser, but personally I rely too much on browser tab groups to use anything Firefox based.
I respect the push to use a non-chromium browser, but personally I rely too much on browser tab groups to use anything Firefox based.
Out of interest, are your needs not covered by Simple Tab Groups or Tree Style Tab? Both are monitored by Mozilla as "Recommended Extensions".
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I don't use Brave simply because it's too buggy. Half the websites I visit don't load properly.
This isn't an endorsement for brave, but the websites aren't loading properly because they are full of the trash that brave blocks, not due to bugs in the browser.