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Why I recommend against Brave. (thelibre.news)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Tea@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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If you are keen on personal privacy, you might have come across Brave Browser. Brave is a Chromium-based browser that promises to deliver privacy with built-in ad-blocking and content-blocking protection. It also offers several quality-of-life features and services, like a VPN and Tor access. I mean, it's even listed on the reputable PrivacyTools website. Why am I telling you to steer clear of this browser, then?

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[-] legion02@lemmy.world 193 points 2 weeks ago

The CEO of brave is a homophobic bigot if that helps push anyone over the edge for changing their browser. It was the last straw for me.

[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 59 points 2 weeks ago

This post shows that it’s much worse than that.

[-] Viri4thus@feddit.org 36 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That pretty much does it, yes. Staying away from brave.

Edit: that Netscape team, holy fuck, Andreesen also came from that cesspool, what a fucking drudge of parasites.

[-] ragas@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You do know that Firefox is essentially Netscape rebooted, right?

Also I don't really know what you are trying to say here. Netscape was definitely a better option than Internet Explorer.

[-] tatann@lemm.ee 27 points 2 weeks ago

I didn't know that, thanks for the tip : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich

[-] singletona@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

That was the headliner reason for me.

The rest was just 'Alright, it isn't enough this guy is a piece of shit, he's pushing a shitty product.'

[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 weeks ago

That's not even his worst crime. His worst crime was inventing JavaScript.

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

Especially when the alternative they were considering was having Scheme in the browser.

[-] LordBaphomet97933@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

Probably also has some right wing bias as well. That's probably one of the reasons they included goggles in Brave search for right wing content.

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