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Re: Brave Passes 50M Monthly Active User

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Post by moralestapia »

SahAssar wrote: post #11
zionic wrote: post #4

Good. Brave is a solid browser. As someone who used Firefox continuously from when it used to be called “Mozilla” until early 2020 Brave is vastly superior. -better UI/UX -awesome ad block built in and by default, no need for extensions -noticeably faster -free of the political WTF-tier decisions of the organization backing Firefox. Edit: since when do I need to Reddit space here? Maybe I don’t post lists enough and…

> awesome ad block built in and by default, no need for extensions I'd much rather keep my choice of adblocker and browser separate. > free of the political WTF-tier decisions of the organization backing Firefox Instead you get a bunch of crypto stuff, silently adding affiliate codes to typed urls and similar shady shit. Neither brave or mozilla is free from controversy but from what I've seen I'd rather have mozilla…

>Instead you get a bunch of crypto stuff

Not forced on you, and I mean it, it's just a single dialog when you install with a simple Yes/No answer.

>silently adding affiliate codes to typed urls and similar shady shit

Lol, that's not even remotely true.

Re: Brave Passes 50M Monthly Active User

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Post by SahAssar »

moralestapia wrote: post #41
SahAssar wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> awesome ad block built in and by default, no need for extensions I'd much rather keep my choice of adblocker and browser separate. > free of the political WTF-tier decisions of the organization backing Firefox Instead you get a bunch of crypto stuff, silently adding affiliate codes to typed urls and similar shady shit. Neither brave or mozilla is free from controversy but from what I've seen I'd rather have mozilla…

>Instead you get a bunch of crypto stuff Not forced on you, and I mean it, it's just a single dialog when you install with a simple Yes/No answer. >silently adding affiliate codes to typed urls and similar shady shit Lol, that's not even remotely true.

> Not forced on you

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

There was also a while back when they added a new "opt-out" setting for their new tab page ads, defaulting it to accepting the ads without looking at past similar settings.

> Lol, that's not even remotely true.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21283769/brave-browser-aff...

And regarding general privacy, their adblocker and so on:

https://raymondtec.com/2019/02/facebook-twitter-trackers-whi...

Saying that brave is not strongly affiliated with the crypto-hype is about as truthful as saying that google is not an ad-tech company.

Re: Brave Passes 50M Monthly Active User

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Post by moralestapia »

SahAssar wrote: post #42
moralestapia wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Instead you get a bunch of crypto stuff Not forced on you, and I mean it, it's just a single dialog when you install with a simple Yes/No answer. >silently adding affiliate codes to typed urls and similar shady shit Lol, that's not even remotely true.

> Not forced on you https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18734999 There was also a while back when they added a new "opt-out" setting for their new tab page ads, defaulting it to accepting the ads without looking at past similar settings. > Lol, that's not even remotely true. https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21283769/brave-browser-aff... And regarding general privacy, their adblocker and so on: https://raymondtec.co…

1st link is unclear as the owner deleted the original tweet ... (that means something for me as well, but w/e)

About the Verge's piece, this is Eich's reponse: https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269317625915400192

Seems to me like an honest mistake that was quickly corrected, and Eich taking full responsability and showing face is worth a lot for me.

Regarding your last article, is just a shallow sensationalist piece, take a look at the "whitelisted" domains the mention, they are places where Facebook and Twitter store their content (photos, videos, etc...) if you block that you cripple those sites, so they decided to let them go through. They even acknowledge at the end that Firefox is doing a similar thing. It makes sense to me, honestly.

Sorry dude, your hand-waving arguments are futile against people who actually reason things out.

Re: Brave Passes 50M Monthly Active User

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Post by cf100clunk »

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #14
cf100clunk wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On Android have you tried the similar Bromite browser?

I just went back to Firefox with uBo

Bromite seems to me to be what Brave should have been. I install Bromite browser on all my Android devices, and if they are rooted I also install Bromite WebView using Magisk. If only Bromite had the development resources of Brave...

Re: Brave Passes 50M Monthly Active User

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Post by RadixDLT »

emptybottle wrote: post #29
zionic wrote: post #4

Good. Brave is a solid browser. As someone who used Firefox continuously from when it used to be called “Mozilla” until early 2020 Brave is vastly superior. -better UI/UX -awesome ad block built in and by default, no need for extensions -noticeably faster -free of the political WTF-tier decisions of the organization backing Firefox. Edit: since when do I need to Reddit space here? Maybe I don’t post lists enough and…

I use Brave as an alternative to chrome, for sites that only work right in chrome. Its not perfect. The business model raises my eyebrows, but then again so does google’s. And I’m not thrilled with what mozilla is putting out. I’d love to find an alternative without the ads/crypto but for now its been a solid browser.

brave does not push crypto on you, you can choose to participate if you want to tip creators
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