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I think people pushing the Brave browser are partially incentivized to do so by the cryptocurrency.
yeah the only point it has thats actually interesting is crypto, though for anyone who doesnt care about it will probably not like the browser (seriously what does it have that others dont?)
Absolutely not. It's the least shitty Chromium based browser by far. https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop-browsers/#brave
i kind of doubt brave is less shitty than degoogled chromium. also, the whole crypto thing already makes it shittier than most others.
I see where you are coming from but degoogled chromium is ridden of the "bad" stuff that Chrome adds, it does nothing to actively fix what is unhardened in both Chrome and Chromium.
It's also the more relevant criticism, the entanglement of Brave with crypto, but within the chromium ecosystem, it IS the best you can get.
I use ~~arch~~ firefox btw.
I use brave for years and I’m not into crypto at all. That’s the most convenient browser I found for iOS with adblocking.
Same reason. Such huge amounts of downvotes every time I mention Brave. I get it, the CEO is dick. Most are.
Sure, but you don't have to support it: https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-xpm-2014-apr-07-la-fi-mh-prop-8-campaign-20140407-story.html
Problem is Mozilla leaders aint much better. I use both roughly equally. Still waiting for other browsers to take off.
Given that Eich was the leader of Mozilla for a short while but he found it hard to stay kinda makes me think Mozilla's leaders are currently better (or at least more acceptable). Can you point to leadership at Mozilla as "bad"?
All true, I’m pretty much saying all are pretty bad. To quote a post from Reddit:
“Reasons to stop supporting Mozilla:
While Mozilla laid off 250 employees then gave their Execs got a colossal salary raise
Delving into politics
Their last major innovation is piggybacking on Mullvad to make a VPN UI which mandates a Mozilla account, so basically a shittier non-anonymous version of Mullvad. (Full disclosure I think Mullvad is pretty damn good, just Mozilla's spin on it is garbage). Even Firefox relay is a complete cashgrab compared to its independent alternatives like anonaddy.
Mozilla doesn't deserve your donations nor your usage. They are paid off by Google to make their grubby search engine the default. They don't need your money.
The Mozilla we knew is not the one we have anymore”
Here are the links;
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/11/21363424/mozilla-layoffs-quarter-staff-250-people-new-revenue-focus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Baker#Negative_salary-achievements_correlation_controversy
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/we-need-more-than-deplatforming/
https://www.pcmag.com/news/mozilla-signs-lucrative-3-year-google-search-deal-for-firefox
I’d like a more independant way to browse the web, a browser has become as important as my OS and I want to see a Linux of browsers!
I don't feel like talking to posts proxied from reddit.
Agreed, but I felt compelled to mention the filthy source 😅