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Why I recommend against Brave. (thelibre.news)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If you are keen on personal privacy, you might have come across Brave Browser. Brave is a Chromium-based browser that promises to deliver privacy with built-in ad-blocking and content-blocking protection. It also offers several quality-of-life features and services, like a VPN and Tor access. I mean, it's even listed on the reputable PrivacyTools website. Why am I telling you to steer clear of this browser, then?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Forks of Firefox (like the Tor browser) are still Firefox, no matter how neutered it is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

That's my point. So then what's the solution when there are essentially two mainstream/mainline browsers? How far do you believe one needs to take it? Is a fork that de-Mozilla's/de-Google's the browser enough (and changes the name)? Or is that "still bad"?

Because eventually you'll run out of [usable/daily-drivable] browsers, if you consider any fork to be "evil" by virtue of coming from Chromium/etc.