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Ok but then what do you use? Lynx? Chrome/Chromium/Brave have 10 times the amount of dark patterns. It's sad but the complexity and cruft of browser APIs have created an effective browser duopoly. There are no alternatives for any kind of mainstream usage.
What are the dark patterns in Brave?
Firefox to regularly nag users to change their default browser
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#925 weeks is 35 days .. I don't think that I would even remember spending 3 seconds to dismiss a bar every 5 weeks. But it would definitely help someone less tech-savvy who doesn't know how to set their default browser.
This is after you've already unchecked "Always check if Firefox is your default browser". People uncheck that because they don't want to be nagged. This is just Mozilla not respecting user choices.
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What are the dark patterns in Brave?
Yes I've not encountered any yet.
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Yes I've not encountered any yet.
Report them via github, or if you think intentionally dark, via https://hackerone.com/brave and we will pay bounty.
Mozilla could learn from this.
Thanks Brendan.
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#97Doesn’t someone somewhere have a De-Fucked Firefox fork that is actually kept up to date?
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Why did you include the Mozilla Foundation as an awful decision?
Which link are you referring to?
The main comments were people complaining about the foundation but I see you may have been pointing out the pocket recommendations.