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Do you trust Brave company and their products: Browser, Search, VPN, etc..?
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no i dont trust brave. i did never understand why people would choose brave over firefox+ublockorigen
Because chromium-based browsers are better in some regards (extensions, good folder support on android). Habit also matter ๐
That's in your head. I cannot think of anything Firefox won't do for me. And if I came across something I needed chromium for, I would open it that one time. My privacy is worth that tiniest bit of effort.
As an independent computer consultant full time, I operate heavily through my browser for a good 60% of my work.
For me, there are a few plugins that don't exist on Firefox, which I need. The plugin environment isn't nearly as robust or kept up-to-date as chromium-based browsers.
Which plugins are they?
Mainly Dragon Medical One
Fair enough. That's a fairly niche case, but I could see myself using a chromium browser if I had to use this tool at work, but then switching back to Firefox for everything else.
I still wouldn't use Brave, though, and it would be even better if more developers started supporting Firefox instead.
I agree. I guess I could just use Firefox on mobile and home but use Brave for work.
Iโd be interested to hear which plugins you are referring to as my experience with Firefox has been much the opposite. I often find the plug-in selection lacking when required to use a Chromium based browser.
Mainly Dragon Medical One