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

Post by plerpin » Sun, Jun 07, 2020, 5:11 AM UTC

morog wrote: post #244

atombender wrote: post #193

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I use Brave because it's a "degoogled" Chrome. Having good blocking built in is a plus. Being able to use Chrome extensions is also a plus. I've tried Firefox many times over the years, and only recently has it gotten to a point where it's fast and nice enough on macOS. There are still corners of the app I dislike (it doesn't always feel like a native app, for example), but this may be a reason to finally switch.

I've been using Brave for this reason too on desktop. I installed opera for the first time in years last week, very nicely surprised. Fast, chrome based browser. The extension bar on the left is a useful add-on. I'll be removing Brave after this news and be using Firefox mainly, with opera as my 2nd browser.

Post by paulcarroty » Sun, Jun 07, 2020, 5:23 AM UTC

hendersoon wrote: post #196

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Firefox is STILL largely funded by Google right? I find it odd that one of Firefox's only features, over Chrome, is privacy, but they're funded by Google who is the anti-hero right now in the privacy space. If Firefox's mission is successful they would lose all their funding.

Mozilla is indirectly funded by Google, yes. They don't have ownership. It's the same way that the NY Times is indirectly funded by Mazda. They pay for ads.

Post by wutbrodo » Sun, Jun 07, 2020, 5:26 AM UTC

hendersoon wrote: post #198

meerita wrote: post #140

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True, but unless you are a heavy Google user I don't see a cap in my performance to work with, GMail for example from time to time or using Drive, etc.

The Google Voice desktop site performs remarkably poorly on Firefox, often locking up entirely.

Post by superkuh » Sun, Jun 07, 2020, 5:29 AM UTC

duskwuff wrote: post #225

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Except they don’t “maintain the entire browser,” rather, they “maintain” a trimmed-down build.

I'm not sure what distinction you're trying to draw here. The fact that Moonchild has removed some a few features they don't like from Palemoon doesn't make the remaining codebase meaningfully easier to maintain. They're still left with what is effectively an orphaned codebase, increasingly unable to use patches from mainline Firefox, and subject to unknown vulnerabilities in portions of the codebase which no longer…

Post by mekster » Sun, Jun 07, 2020, 5:31 AM UTC

atombender wrote: post #252

plerpin wrote: post #243

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Just use Ungoogled Chromium. Why suffer rent seeking crypto shenanigans?

Last I checked, Ungoogled Chromium did not have self-updates, and installing Chrome Extensions was a bit of a chore without a special extension.