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The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes

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Re: The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes

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Post by meerita »

tygrak wrote: post #33
alexruf wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agree. Not sure what else needs to happen to encourage Chromium users to finally give Firefox a try.

I still don't understand why everyone moved away from Firefox back in the day. Is it really just the fact that Google put up so many ads everywhere?

I moved because Chrome shown a nice promise in speed, standard support and features, it seemed a good move. Same move I did back in the day when Microsoft released Internet Explorer 4, it was so good in comparison with Netscape 3-4 than it was too late when i got tired of it.

Re: The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes

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Post by meerita »

waheoo wrote: post #41
tygrak wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I still don't understand why everyone moved away from Firefox back in the day. Is it really just the fact that Google put up so many ads everywhere?

Chrome had v8, it was fast. Forefox sort of got left behind performance wise. You could still have a million tabs open, something chrome struggled with, so it kept some users. But it took quantum to get users back.

Yes, my experience resumes like this: breakthrough browser, adoption, bloating experience, adopt next fast breakthrough browser.

Re: The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes

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Post by Sherl »

Sevaris wrote: post #31
meerita wrote: post #15

Being a happy Firefox user and watching all the browser drama from the backyard. I still don't understand why people uses Chrome or Chrome variants claiming privacy things.

I'm quite happy with FF on desktops, but the mobile version is just ... overall a miserable experience compared to Brave. After using it for a while, going back to FF constantly makes me feel like useful QoL features are missing and I end up going back to Brave.

Bromite?

Re: The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes

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Post by Sherl »

slater wrote: post #40
dkdk8283 wrote: post #28

Brave has to pay salaries - I suppose this is better than selling user data. Chrome is subsidized by search and Firefox gets money from Google. The revenue model for browsers is fucked up.

Countdown till some Chromium-based browser pops up with adblock enabled, but a $10/mo usage fee? (i jinxed it, didn't i)

fuckin linux is free where the entire business lives serving trillions of dollars. $10/mo for a web browser? guess its time for another FOSS on browsers this time.

Re: The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes

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Post by srich36 »

This is similar to when Pinterest did this back in 2012 and very quickly made large amounts of money but were crushed by public opinion and quickly shut the practice down. It’ll be interesting to see how Brave responds.

1. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2...

Re: The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes

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Post by molticrystal »

phnofive wrote: post #5

> However, Eich is very sorry that Brave got caught — again — and something will be changed in some manner to stop this behaviour, or at least obscure it. No surprise there. > There is no good reason to use Brave. Use Chromium — the open-source core of Chrome — with the uBlock Origin ad blocker [...] or use Firefox with uBlock Origin — ‘cos it blocks more ads than the Chromium framework will let anything block. Is th…

How is the android scene for Chromium based browsers that either have extension support or adblockers?

I am aware only of Yandex & Kiwi as Chromium browsers that support extensions that allow you to install an adblocker. So perhaps Brave is trying to integrate itself there somehow by having it built in.

Anybody know a better breakdown than this for mobile browser market share? https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/mobile/world... It says Chromium is 61% and Yandex is 0.1% but it would be nice to see if Brave was included or not.

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Post by Paul_S »

csunbird wrote: post #50
sergiotapia wrote: post #9

I'm going to have to switch browser AGAIN? Dammit. Is Opera safe or what shady shit have they done? I haven't used Opera since Opera back in 2006. God I miss the Presto engine and dragonfly. Can I go back to them or they doing shady stuff?

What is wrong with firefox?

Oh, let me count the ways... or let me just refer you to waterfox's website: https://www.waterfox.net/

Re: The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes

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Post by doc_gunthrop »

meerita wrote: post #15

Being a happy Firefox user and watching all the browser drama from the backyard. I still don't understand why people uses Chrome or Chrome variants claiming privacy things.

With Chrome taking the lion's share of the browser user market, you end up with a lot of sites that work well in Chrome but not so well with other browsers.

So even if you use Firefox as your main driver, you'll still want to have a Chromium-based browser as a backup.

Now the problem for Android users is that, in light of this news, there's now one less (seemingly) viable option if you're using Google Play services.

If you're using F-droid, however, you have Bromite and ungoogled-Chromium as prime candidates.

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