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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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Post by sleepysysadmin »

smoldesu wrote: post #16
deepsun wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still, big products rarely want to mention their smaller competitors, to not draw attention to them. That Mozilla post is a very good favor for Brave. Kudos to Mozilla!

Brave isn't a competitor with Firefox. Firefox is a browser, Brave is a crypto wallet/ethical ad aggregator/adblock/DNS/video-calling system/compensation network/social/IPFS viewer. You're welcome to choose for yourself, but I typically grab Firefox when I just want to browse the web.

Crazy how firefox uses so much more ram comparatively speaking.

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

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Post by mavhc »

gbrown wrote: post #23
imgabe wrote: 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.

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.

Ideals are just long term benefits

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

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Post by true_religion »

pharmakom wrote: post #24
imgabe wrote: 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.

You may not change the entirety of your civilization, but you can at least be a part of a community that's living up to your ideals.

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

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Post by mixedCase »

smoldesu wrote: post #16
deepsun wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still, big products rarely want to mention their smaller competitors, to not draw attention to them. That Mozilla post is a very good favor for Brave. Kudos to Mozilla!

Brave isn't a competitor with Firefox. Firefox is a browser, Brave is a crypto wallet/ethical ad aggregator/adblock/DNS/video-calling system/compensation network/social/IPFS viewer. You're welcome to choose for yourself, but I typically grab Firefox when I just want to browse the web.

That's an interesting way of viewing it. I use it because it's the best maintained Chromium fork out there that is privacy-focused and supports extensions from the store OOTB. I don't care about nor use most of their "value-add".

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

#45

Post by andrew_jef »

scaglio wrote: post #5
dotcoma wrote: post #2

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

Any suggestions/extension for better bookmarks management?

i use Raindrop.io Freemium, u have unlimited bookmarks, tag system, folder, notes, and simple search. With an affordable subscription, you have a nested folder hierarchy, and permanent cache of your bookmarked items

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

#46

Post by pixelgeek »

nix23 wrote: post #10
JohnBooty wrote: post #6

"Turns out, Mozilla Firefox is better" -- Mozilla

Brave has no "In-Browser screen? shot tool" -Mozilla ;)

I came here to specifically comment on this. How is this even a feature? Is taking a screenshot still that difficult on Windows?

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

#47

Post by nix23 »

pixelgeek wrote: post #46
nix23 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Brave has no "In-Browser screen? shot tool" -Mozilla ;)

I came here to specifically comment on this. How is this even a feature? Is taking a screenshot still that difficult on Windows?

I don't know...maybe it's to integrate "Pocket" better..complete bloatware at that point ;)

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

#48

Post by intelMgmntEnema »

Assuming Android is the most common usage platform for FF, one can't even use their choice of DNS. The DoH feature uses cloudflare and overrides system configs and without about:config, there's no way to change it. This isn't good compared to anything. It just sucks.

FF's concept of user benefit is restriction. How many users are now enjoying a better world because they can no longer save a webpage to PDF?

Fellow frogs, you're being boiled.

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

#49

Post by KarlKemp »

smoldesu wrote: post #16
deepsun wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still, big products rarely want to mention their smaller competitors, to not draw attention to them. That Mozilla post is a very good favor for Brave. Kudos to Mozilla!

Brave isn't a competitor with Firefox. Firefox is a browser, Brave is a crypto wallet/ethical ad aggregator/adblock/DNS/video-calling system/compensation network/social/IPFS viewer. You're welcome to choose for yourself, but I typically grab Firefox when I just want to browse the web.

I didn't expect the self-proclaimed "Brave" browser and the word "ethical" in the same sentence. At least not with a sprinkling of "investigations", "un", "challenged", or "lol".

I guess one man's ad aggregator is another's man-in-the-middle attack, and those added to the compensation network without their consent may mistake it for an extortion racket.

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

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Post by throwaway78981 »

rlopezcc wrote: post #36

Brave always looked shady to me. Even inoring that I don't like Brendan for personal reasons. There is something nauseating about using "privacy" and other nice-sounding words to pump your own crypto-currency. I may be misunderstanding things here, I'm open to positive arguments about this.

Some links supporting this view:

[1] https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters/issues/761

[2] https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters-ansible/issues/45

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18734999

[4] https://web.archive.org/web/20181221180137if_/https://twitte...

[5] https://web.archive.org/web/20181221231556if_/https://twitte...

[6] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27549604

[7] https://slate.com/technology/2014/04/brendan-eich-why-mozill...

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