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Do you trust Brave company and their products: Browser, Search, VPN, etc..?
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I've been bouncing around mobile browsers for a while now trying to find one I'm ok with.
I started with Chrome, because it worked reliably and had a decent UI. Then as time went on and Google stopped not being evil, I switched to Brave. Chromium based, but thankfully not Google. The endless crypto shilling started to grate on me, and I started looking into the company, and decided I wanted out.
I gave Firefox a try because I love it on the PC. It didn't work. I love a lot about it, but there are a few excruciating things on Firefox mobile that I couldn't handle. Swiping to close tabs, jump to a new Google image, etc was frustratingly insensitive. The browser would freak out and crash the tab about 30% of the time I went landscape full screen on a video. I had to go back to Brave for a bit.
Now I'm trying out Vivaldi. Chromium based again, but no crypto shilling, and lots of customizability. I haven't heard anything about their CEO being a bigot, or selling data to other companies, but it could be happening. Being able to sync between PC and mobile is nice, and one of the reasons I went with brave earlier and tried Firefox.
Vivaldi's CEO is really nice. Saw talk with him on Techlore channel. I definetly can trust them ๐