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From the Brave website:
Beyond this core engine, Brave has built in tons of custom features atop that open-source Chromium core:
- Built-in ad blocker
- YouTube ad blocker
- AI assistant
Yeah, no. I’ll stick with LibreWolf.
Not to mention that the CEO of Brave is a homophobic bigot. Good enough for me to boycott as a cis het male.
Edit 2:
I derped. See below. Speed reading and alcohol make for a less than ideal combination. The eggnog is still tasty though. Leaving it up for transparency.
het male
You can call somone a bigoted piece of shit without literally including a group who have fuck all to do with him or his shit opinions. Let’s be better than the exact thing you are calling out. I was with you right up to the last two words which were utterly unnecessary.Edit:
On second reading I’m not clear on the intent of the last statement. I’ll ammend my statement after clarification 👍
I don’t need to explain myself to you, but I will indulge you nonetheless because of the message I’m trying to spread, even though your attitude off the bat really sucked. 😛
I added it because I want to normalize that you can support something or boycott something even though not doing so doesn’t affect you directly. You can stand up for something because it’s right, not just because you stand to gain something from it.
It’s meant to normalize solidarity, which we see very little of in today’s humanitarian and political climate.
I hope that satisfies you and maybe think one step further before jumping to criticize so quickly. You did make an edit but it didn’t do too much with its demanding tone.
Happy continuation of the holidays to you.
Considering the edit I made after rereading it - I had difficulty determining if you were firing shots or describing yourself. Speed reading and eggnog mix about as well as one would expect. In short - I’m not here to pick a fight where there isn’t one.
I’m perfectly happy that my original interpretation was incorrect and will amend my comments as my edit suggested. I understand a lot of marginalized groups are frequently hurt and can lash out generically against the group that hurt them. Its not fun being included in that - which was the intent of my original statement.
Appreciate the reply - cheers and well wishes. 👍
No worries, you owned up to the mistake in a very nice manner. We’re cool, you’re a good person.
Happy new years, eh!
I’ll admit my booze and nutmeg loaded brain tripped over the acronyms and by the time it processed I’d posted and moved on. A moment later: “holdup…”
Apologies for the mistake again - and here’s hoping 2026 is kind to us 🍻
Much love into 2026. Enjoy it, buddy!
Yeah. That’s where I went. If AI is good enough - it should sell itself. All these browsers have plugins. I see no reason to bake it in unless there’s an alteror motive.
Everyone’s in a hurry to milk that AI cow… Its a shame about the taste tho.
If you want a low-drama setup: Firefox + uBlock Origin + tweak Enhanced Tracking Protection to ‘Strict’. Brave is solid too, but I’ve had a few sites act weird with the defaults.
And do that on librewolf or waterfox
Librewolf already does that by default
Solidly mining crypto on your machine, correct.
And don’t forget it’s hard-coded to inject affiliate links on certain sites.
Oh, wait, I forgot they said that was an “accident”.
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Someone here on Lemmy recently recommended Vivaldi to me.
Whoever you were, thanks. I like it. Good recommendation.
If you want eye candy then there’s zen browser to escape Chromium.
Good Call!
I ended up messing with that on my Mac about a year ago, and I don’t recall having any substantial complaints. I’ve recently been forced into using Windows 11 at least for a few months, maybe I’ll see how Zen does on this abomination.
Thanks.
I’m at the point where I’m willing to pay for a browser for it to NOT include crap. I’ve tried Vivaldi on and off through the years but I think I need to give it a fair shake again, thanks for that!
What search engine is that shit? Hiding full URLs in search results is completely unacceptable
I’d rather have this clash of the titans than whatever the fuck Chrome does next.
LadyBird cannot come soon enough…
Who’s this gilf?
First Lady Ladybird Johnson.
She doesn’t look like she’s cumming, are you sure she will soon?
They both push AI crap. 😤
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Brave is a piece of shit software, created by a piece of shit person.
You have just described most software
> talks about monetizing your data
> monetizes your data
Brave still doing that fucking crypto shit in your browser?
Not to mention Brave is just another chromium browser
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BETTER IT NOT EXIST AT ALL
If I went to a restaurant, they placed a hot steaming stinky turd sandwich on my table and then went “oh, but you don’t have to have it”, I still wouldn’t fucking eat there.
Why should we be okay with the Turd Sandwich that is crypto being served by Brave being opt-in???
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There’s a thing called metaphor. A hyperbolic one in this case.
I know that’s not how restaurants work.
And no, it’s not like being asked about the specials, as they don’t cook it and serve it without asking first.
They bring out the hot fresh steaming crypto shit sandwich to you whether you want it or not, and then go “oh, but you don’t have to have it, if you don’t want”
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Ah, deleted from embarrassment, nice
I once got given a small thing of cold soup before ordering, for free*. It was disgusting.
- the restaurant was not cheap so i’m sure it’s priced in with other stuff.
Some bread is also quite often given for free at the start.
I had a coworker excitedly tell me that he had earned a total of $12 MXN ($0.67 USD) from Brave. 🤦♂️
Shit, we’re eating like kings tonight!
Ah, so the classic “Every accusation a confession.”
Thought this was sort of a wild claim about Firefox out of left field. No wonder.
Does anyone here knows if “Zen Browser” is worth a shot?
I don’t have personal experience but I’ve seen it mentioned positively on here several times, FWIW
You miss half the shots you don’t take
You Miss 100% of the Shots You Don’t Take*
That’s just because you suck at not taking shots.
I love the UX. Dev has been making a few pretty big mistakes they then fixed (leaving remote debugging on by mistake, mainly). I use it for my own hosted services, and for reading stuff on sites I trust, so I don’t see that as a problem for my usecase, but it might be for yours.
@D1re_W0lf @xabd I’ve been using it as my primary browser for over a year.
Firefox has forks.
what about brave vs duckduckgo?
I use duck duck go. I’m sure someone will come now and say why it sucks lol
I just dislike any company which advertises their free product, my mind just says “but how do they earn money?”.
I.E. I had the same thought with Honey…
I just found out they’re like that. It turns out both browsers showcase their respective features.
I think both are equally good for me, it just depends on how you use them. Although their engines are different, Gecho and Chromium.
Gotta say, of those two arguments, Brave’s is stronger
Yeah, it’s easy to have good arguments if you don’t really care if you’re right or not
They’re both fucking terrible, but I choose firefox.
You can go dildo yourself with your both suck bullshit.
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What about Vivaldi Browser?
Vivaldi is easily my favorite browser, but unfortunately it’s still Chromium-based which is a problem.
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I think the best part about Vivaldi is that it lets you put the tabs to the side, and also has a built-in ad-and-tracker-blocker, despite letting you install ad-block extensions (because Vivaldi is a Chromium browser). Seriously!
I mean I don’t like that Mozilla donations finance weird congresses on Africa, that sounds like they are going to SPAs and getting a lot of sex with donation money instead of improving FF.
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