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The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Re: The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Post by 12bits »

nunodonato wrote: post #70
unnouinceput wrote: post #60

Quote: "You’re going to be browsing the web anyway; you’re going to be inundated with ads anyway;" Naaaah, Firefox with uBlock Origins and Privacy Badger makes sure I don't see ads, but thank you for trying.

this. so much this. the web is so clean with firefox, everytime I read these kind of articles or people complaining I'm like "what are you talking about?"

To the credit of the author they did mention "I personally use an aggressive battery of ad blocking techniques to eliminate them from my browser too"

Re: The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Post by hedora »

crimsonalucard wrote: post #57
staticvoidmaine wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given that it’s convertible into USD and other “real” currencies, how do you expect this line of reasoning to hold?

Did you read the article? Inventing a currency out of thin air so they can mint as many dollars as they want and you and other geniuses can form a secondary market where all of you can trade it is the genius of brave and the point of this article. Instead of paying you, they make their own currency and pay you. You can make some money off of it in the secondary market because some other idiot thinks it's worth actual…

I hope you don’t own any stock.

If you do, I’ve got some bad news about people making their own currency.

Re: The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Post by purerandomness »

dghughes wrote: post #80
faitswulff wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a casual uBlock user, what does uMatrix give you that uBlock Origin doesn’t?

uMatrix gives you a drop down that shows a grid showing css, scripts, media, cookies, images,frames, XHR, other. Blocked by default you allow what you want. I'm still figuring it out but it's more granular than merely off or on.

Isn't that uBlock's advanced mode? (Settings->'I am an advanced user')?

Re: The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Post by Jaruzel »

dghughes wrote: post #80
faitswulff wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a casual uBlock user, what does uMatrix give you that uBlock Origin doesn’t?

uMatrix gives you a drop down that shows a grid showing css, scripts, media, cookies, images,frames, XHR, other. Blocked by default you allow what you want. I'm still figuring it out but it's more granular than merely off or on.

Doesn't uBlock's filter-picker-eyedrop-thing do more or less the same thing?

Re: The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Post by kd913 »

purerandomness wrote: post #83
dghughes wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

uMatrix gives you a drop down that shows a grid showing css, scripts, media, cookies, images,frames, XHR, other. Blocked by default you allow what you want. I'm still figuring it out but it's more granular than merely off or on.

Isn't that uBlock's advanced mode? (Settings->'I am an advanced user')?

The developer himself states it's better to use that than in combo with umatrix.

https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/706xrr/umatrix_vs_...

Re: The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Post by bananamerica »

dghughes wrote: post #80
faitswulff wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a casual uBlock user, what does uMatrix give you that uBlock Origin doesn’t?

uMatrix gives you a drop down that shows a grid showing css, scripts, media, cookies, images,frames, XHR, other. Blocked by default you allow what you want. I'm still figuring it out but it's more granular than merely off or on.

uMatrix is quite labor intensive.

Re: The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Post by DavideNL »

bananamerica wrote: post #86
dghughes wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

uMatrix gives you a drop down that shows a grid showing css, scripts, media, cookies, images,frames, XHR, other. Blocked by default you allow what you want. I'm still figuring it out but it's more granular than merely off or on.

uMatrix is quite labor intensive.

I was surprised how many websites actually work without changing anything... (and loading a lot faster without all the javascript bloat.) Once you understand how uMatrix works, it's 1 click to temporarily whitelist a site, which i hardly ever use while browsing the web/reading articles.

Note that I do 'online shopping/purchases' in another browser, though.

Re: The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Post by Angeo34 »

The way Brave is doing it currently though makes it look worse than snake oil. Why would they advertise a fingerprinting if it actually makes your fingerprint more unique? Why would they advertise Tor although using it inside Brave makes you instantly unique???

If this wasn't the case I'd not have a problem with it. This way it just seems like a huge scam (which considering you can just use Firefox with some add-ons it probably is Mr. Brendan Eich)

Re: The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Post by fuu_dev »

faitswulff wrote: post #77
webmobdev wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly - add uMatrix to the picture and it decreases page load time and gives you even more control over what can load in a website. I am tired of this constant social media promotion of this clone of a browser that is built to support the online advertising industry (an industry that constantly "innovates" to violate our privacy while irritating us in the process).

As a casual uBlock user, what does uMatrix give you that uBlock Origin doesn’t?

UMatrix will block everything by default(more or less). Ublock will use pre defined lists that block known advertisement networks and similar.

This means umatrix will break most websites by default and require you to check what elements are required and allow them manual but offers higher security because you essentially audit every website you visit.

Re: The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Post by mythrwy »

gitgud wrote: post #65

Maybe if instead of BAT, they could use a credit card payment or PayPal.... They've proven to scale very well too....

Which can both suspend payments and tie up your money for {{ whatever_reason }} leaving the whole project dead.

I think BAT was a good call. One of the few real use cases so far for a cryptocurrency.

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