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Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent (www.ghacks.net)
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[-] the_q@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Lol look at your downvotes. You don't even know why we're all against brave.

[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Only stupid people care about downvotes. And who are these "all"? A lot of people use Brave happily every day, while a lot of people deservedly leaves Firefox everyday because they realize the scam Mozilla is:

https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/user-activity

[-] SkyeStarfall 9 points 2 years ago

Please elaborate on why it's a scam

[-] the_q@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Lol...

[-] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think you meant Brave is a scam here.

I mean, it's not like Mozilla runs their own crypto wallet with the browsers keeping a mayor cut for themselves only because they are distributing the browser.

Mozilla does not run a crypto based ad network and inserts it into webpages.

Mozilla has never been caught inserting their own affiliated links into crypto related websites to receive a cut.

So you probably misplaced Mozilla with Brave there.

Sure, Mozilla is not perfect and they deserve criticism when they do things wrong (and they tend to). But Brave is just a chromium skin + a crypto based scam built-in.

[-] ZeroCool@feddit.ch 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/user-activity

What exactly do you think this link proves? Be specific.

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