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Chromium vs Brave (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

This might have been discussed to death by now, unfortunately I couldn't find any discussion on it on Lemmy. Though I would love to be corrected on that!


How does an always on incognito Chromium with uBlock Origin on medium mode (and other hardening/privacy settings enabled) compare to Brave (with e.g. Privacy Guides' recommended settings) with respect to security and privacy on Linux^[1]^?

Commonly heard whataboutisms:

  • "With the looming advent of Manifest v3, this discussion might not be very relevant for long." I'm aware.
  • "Just use Firefox/Librewolf or any other privacy-conscious browser that isn't Chromium-based." I already do, but some websites/platforms don't play nice on non-Chromium-based browsers due to Google's monopoly on the web. Sometimes I can afford to not use that website/platform, but unfortunately not always.
  • "Brave's [insert controversy] makes them unreliable to take services from." Honestly, I think that if both solutions are as effective that a reason like this might be sufficient to tip the balance in favor of one. Because ultimately this all comes down to trust.
  • "Just use Ungoogled Chromium." Some more knowledgeable people than me advice against it. Though, I'd say I'm open to hear different opinions on this as long as they're somewhat sophisticated.
  • "Just use [insert another Chromium-based browser]." If it has merits beyond Brave and Chromium with respect to security and privacy, I'll consider it.

Thanks in advance!


  1. I can be more specific about which distro I prefer using, but I don't think it matters. I might be wrong though*.
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[–] Rooki 2 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Could you elaborate on what specific websites? Firefox i had 0 issues, librewolf has to get some tweaks has few incompatibilities like netflix etc...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just a few days ago I tried to pay for flight tickets on flypgs.com. Multiple attempts on Firefox didn’t work, while the first attempt on a Chromium-based one did. It might have been a fluke, but every so often issues like these do happen. And for some reason switching the browser does bear a positive result. YMMV though.

[–] Rooki 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Best to do in that case to complain over the email contact. That they fix that shit.

[–] njinx 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, that is definitely easier and more effective than opening a different browser for a couple of minutes /s

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