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Warning to all Brave Browser Users
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this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2023
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You really just shouldn't use brave..
Its better than Chrome, Edge, and any other proprietary spyware browser
Firefox based browsers exits and if you need chromium based there are also other degooled browser available.
True but don't you think brave is better than chrome?
In the same way that I think 3rd degree burns are better than 4th degree burns
Yes, but when good options exist, why give thought to which bad option is less bad?
Yeah but they add other tracking to it and all the crypto bs. And im not keen on sponsoring a company which has a ceo who supports anti-gay politicians financially and then denies it.
sort of
Gaba degool
Check out Vivaldi then.
It falls in the proprietary category
Do you think we are not Brave enough.
Sorry... I will see myself out.
@eya May I ask why you think that? I their afe good reasons to don't use Firefox either...
Brave is an ad company. Use a privacy-centric browser like hardened firefox, librewolf, or ungoogled chromium.
Edit: added a comma
Can we not downvote genuine questions like this? All you do is discourage people wanting to learn and make it harder for people that think differently than you to see arguments against them.
Save the downvotes for rude or bad faith comments.
@IronKrill Thats the same thing I think abt you guys, but alright.
I wasn't sure how to word my reply, but I was referring to all the people downvoting your response and not you. Unsure if that came across.
You'd need a very good reason to not use Firefox given that it's all that stands against a Google monopoly on web standards. I was using a Chromium-based browser myself until Opera and Microsoft both abandoned their own browser engines - after that I couldn't possibly justify not supporting Firefox.
I have made an entire post detailing (some) of the reasons why you shouldn't use Brave.
so what you want people to use opera or Chromnius
None of these. Use Firefox.
think before you post, you assumed i didn't use Firefox
u implied it, einstein, when u suggested the only options are chromium based
Dude! Name calling, so cool.
You're right, Einstein is a name... 🤔
wow, sarcasm, how nice
i was calling them einstein sarcastically, and therefore it would be considered insulting. however, my comment was in fact intended to be an insult. /srs
maybe it was silly, but i was trying to be metaironic or whatever in that comment /srs
this thread wouldn't exist if you didn't say don't use brave
Use a fork of firefox
Or just use firefox?
Stock Firefox is almost as bad as Google Chrome
Idk wtf you're saying. You mean stock firefox as in firefox with no settings changed? If so, it's not great but in no way as bad as chrome. That's just a ridiculous statement. That being said, hardened Firefox is fine and it's not very hard to do. By harden i mean common sense tweaks. I don't use arkenfox or anything. I think it's overkill at that point.
I wouldn't say arkenfox is overkill. It's the easiest way to get rid of all the spyware that comes with Firefox by default.
Cringe.