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Why I recommend against Brave. (thelibre.news)

submitted 1 week ago by Tea@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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If you are keen on personal privacy, you might have come across Brave Browser. Brave is a Chromium-based browser that promises to deliver privacy with built-in ad-blocking and content-blocking protection. It also offers several quality-of-life features and services, like a VPN and Tor access. I mean, it's even listed on the reputable PrivacyTools website. Why am I telling you to steer clear of this browser, then?

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[–] panic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Does anyone have a recommendation for a browser to use on my iPhone other than Brave? I tried Firefox first, but evidently I can’t install extensions for ad blocking due to iPhone restrictions, so I’m using Brave on just this one device.

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[–] silverhand@reddthat.com 6 points 1 week ago

I don't use Brave but honestly there aren't many options left. I can't wish for Orion to launch any sooner.

[–] pzmarzly@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Disabling Brave Rewards on a new installation is not any harder than disabling Firefox's Pocket crap, or Edge's Copilot integration, or Chrome's send-everything-to-Google behaviour.

I wish one day we can get a browser that serves the user instead of browser maker, but for now i'll keep using Brave (it's at least open source).

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

disabling ... Chrome's send-everything-to-Google behaviour.

Is that even possible?

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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I wonder if anyone here is going to mention SeaMonkey-Browser for fun.

It's an entire suite of applications:

Browser
Email-Client
HTML-Editor + Web-Dev Tool
NewsGroup + Feed-Reader
IRC-Client

[–] RufusFirefly@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I haven't seen sea monkey mentioned in quite a few years

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[–] turnip@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Does Adblock even work in Brave any more since Google blocked them?

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Brave has their own built-in ad blocker that still works

[–] pogmommy@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Last I used it, it didn't have nearly the functionality that ubo does

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[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm mining bat.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

To someone non technical you sound like you are introducing yourself like a DC villain.

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