Goodbye Brave • Hacker News Board

Re: Goodbye Brave

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Post by thayne » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 5:59 AM UTC

krisrm wrote: post #2

Seems a little ironic to call out a piece of software whose literal job it is to connect to the internet for... Connecting to the internet. Tongue in cheek aside, I don't know much about Brave - is there some specific reason that it needs an always-on server to call home to?

Perhaps a little ironic, but very valid. You shouldn't have to connect to brave servers to be able to go to your search engine, email,local network service, etc.

Re: Goodbye Brave

#12

Post by schleck8 » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 5:59 AM UTC

sombremesa wrote: post #4

Weird that this person doesn’t even consider Firefox, the only browser that lets you have Adblock and other addons on mobile (but not on iOS, sadly).

Bromite and Brave have built-in adblockers on Android. Kiwi is a Chromium fork that let's you install addons.

Re: Goodbye Brave

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Post by hereforphone » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 5:59 AM UTC

I switched from Firefox and I've been happy so far. It's not perfect, but not as bad as the others. As others have said here be careful what extensions you install.

I also don't sign up for sync, or password manager, or any of that stuff as I don't trust it enough on any browser.

Several months into Brave and I have no urge to turn back yet.

Re: Goodbye Brave

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Post by kome » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 6:01 AM UTC

I cannot understand why technically savvy people keep using spywares like Brave (https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/brave.html) or Chrome (https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/chrome.html) when we have better alternatives such as Vivaldi (https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/vivaldi.html) or Firefox (https://spyware.neocities.org/guides/firefox.html)

Re: Goodbye Brave

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Post by aorth » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 6:09 AM UTC

sombremesa wrote: post #4

Weird that this person doesn’t even consider Firefox, the only browser that lets you have Adblock and other addons on mobile (but not on iOS, sadly).

Also, their bio says they are an "open-source enthusiast". You would think they would at least mention Firefox, even if they said "I'm on board with Firefox's mission and transparency, but it's slow" or something.

Personally, I use Firefox out of principle.

Re: Goodbye Brave

#16

Post by shmerl » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 6:10 AM UTC

Hello, Firefox.

Re: Goodbye Brave

#17

Post by yjftsjthsd-h » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 6:11 AM UTC

encryptluks2 wrote: post #3

The thing I don't understand about Brave users is that they are essentially using Chromium with a bunch of extra bloat added. Wouldn't it make more sense to just use Chromium with the extensions that you want and need?

uBo has limitations on chromium which I assume can be worked around by a browser but not the extension: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

Re: Goodbye Brave

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Post by keyle » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 6:12 AM UTC

It's so bad lately that I'm working on my own web browser in my free time (off WebKit, won't be big, or public and will be a pile of hacks) but at least I won't rely on this mess.

Re: Goodbye Brave

#19

Post by elias94 » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 6:13 AM UTC

Why not Firefox?

Re: Goodbye Brave

#20

Post by yjftsjthsd-h » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 6:14 AM UTC

sombremesa wrote: post #4

Weird that this person doesn’t even consider Firefox, the only browser that lets you have Adblock and other addons on mobile (but not on iOS, sadly).

Does firefox let you install extensions without contacting Mozilla servers? I'm not sure how the extension signing works, but it may fail the same reason they're leaving Brave.