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Firefox vs. Brave: Which is the better browser for you? – Mozilla

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Re: Firefox vs. Brave: Which is the better browser for you? – Mozilla

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They are not mentioning the most important reason for me. I think Firefox is better by default simply because I don't want to help contribute to Google's chromium/blink hegemony over the web.

Not disagreeing, but the question is better for ‘you’, not better for society or the internet. Lotta people (sadly) don’t know or care about rendering and JavaScript engines. That said, the weirdest thing about Brave is that the BAT stuff could likely have been implemented as a browser extension. The changes to Chromium the Brave team must now maintain choosing to fork a browser are because Google makes changes in th…

You are a part of society. If something is bad for society, it will, in the long run, be bad for you.

Re: Firefox vs. Brave: Which is the better browser for you? – Mozilla

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post #21
post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not disagreeing, but the question is better for ‘you’, not better for society or the internet. Lotta people (sadly) don’t know or care about rendering and JavaScript engines. That said, the weirdest thing about Brave is that the BAT stuff could likely have been implemented as a browser extension. The changes to Chromium the Brave team must now maintain choosing to fork a browser are because Google makes changes in th…

You are a part of society. If something is bad for society, it will, in the long run, be bad for you.

Not to mention, if living your ideals is an important part of your own utility function, then yeah - it can be best for you even if it comes with other compromises.

Re: Firefox vs. Brave: Which is the better browser for you? – Mozilla

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post #21
post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not disagreeing, but the question is better for ‘you’, not better for society or the internet. Lotta people (sadly) don’t know or care about rendering and JavaScript engines. That said, the weirdest thing about Brave is that the BAT stuff could likely have been implemented as a browser extension. The changes to Chromium the Brave team must now maintain choosing to fork a browser are because Google makes changes in th…

You are a part of society. If something is bad for society, it will, in the long run, be bad for you.

True but will your choice change the course of society? Probably not.

Re: Firefox vs. Brave: Which is the better browser for you? – Mozilla

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post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are a part of society. If something is bad for society, it will, in the long run, be bad for you.

True but will your choice change the course of society? Probably not.

My vote won't change the result of an election but I still vote.

Re: Firefox vs. Brave: Which is the better browser for you? – Mozilla

#27
post #5
post #2

I can’t believe that neither can do decent bookmarks.

Any suggestions/extension for better bookmarks management?

Pinboard is a good one. You can even upload PDFs etc and search the text within the PDF. Paid though. It's cheap.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinboard_(website)

Desktop site: https://pinboard.in/

Mobile site: https://m.pinboard.in/

iOS/iPadOS/macOS app: https://get-pins.app/

Re: Firefox vs. Brave: Which is the better browser for you? – Mozilla

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post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are a part of society. If something is bad for society, it will, in the long run, be bad for you.

True but will your choice change the course of society? Probably not.

By making his choice he is changing society.

Lets say he has no global reach his choice may change opinions of the people around hom. It may even change minds on here.

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