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This is not a good look for brave. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago by Irelephant@lemm.ee to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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[–] yrmitz@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago

Oh wow! I need to install this ultra bloated version of Chromium.

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago (5 children)

If you're gonna get a browser with a brave-like experience, might as well get a Firefox based one like Zen.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago (4 children)

How about no

Either Firefox with Arkenfox userjs or Librewolf

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 week ago

Android app person here. They used that title in an A/B test to see if it would help them get more installs for when people searched "Firefox". That is why 1. They picked the words "fire" and "fox", and 2. Why you're not seeing it.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

After installing Brave I was getting some kind of failed login popup in my GNOME desktop environment. Uninstalled it and the popup disappeared. It gave me the heeby jeebies about Brave.

[–] pixelapoc@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not to defend Brave, but this sounds like it was just a pop-up for the Gnome key wallet or something like that.

[–] cactus_head@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, it tries to use the keyring to store passwords every time you launch it even if you turned off password saving, the same applies to chrome and chromium browsers in general plus most password managers, tho not always. I tried to troubleshoot it, most forums online suggested to remove gnome key-rings if you are not using them but it kept reinstalling it. This plus brave being slower on mobile made me switch to firefox

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[–] Valorie12@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Fox around and find out

[–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Personally I never even considered installing it because of its stupid name.

[–] TxTechnician@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago

I tried it a few years ago. Ditched it because it's just another chromium browser.

Firefox has been my main for about 6 years now.

I fell for it because Al Swiegerts book: "Automate the boring stuff" used it in the webscrape sample.

After that I just kept using it. And felt justified in my choice when I realized the only other browsers left are chrome and Safari.

I just learned that Safari is a fork on Konquorer. So, that's interesting.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

I use Brave for solely one purpose that I hope to see in Firefox one day. It’s the only app I’ve found that lets you locally download a web video and play it natively on CarPlay. I rarely use it, but it’s handy when I need it.

[–] Bumblefumble@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you often watch videos while driving? Or am I missing something?

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[–] kuneho@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

lol

[–] Stomata@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm not seeing this

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[–] Eyedust@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Fennec for the phone, Qutebrowser for the desktop. Life is good.

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