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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] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Orion all the way

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

We need to get some moderators in here. Lots of bigotry in this comment section…

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I just installed Brave on my Ubuntu OS on my laptop to replace Chrome. It is running better than chrome was so far. Is there a way to setup Brave to safeguard against some of things mentioned or should I go with something like DuckDuckGo instead?

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 6 days ago

I have been using Brave for many years hands up

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Yeah brave has it own issue, but overall it is still more privacy respecting than chrome or edge. Brave is personally not my choice. I use librewolf. Still, if someone ask me for a browser to use for their privacy journey I will undoubtedly tell them to just use brave. Firefox(and the forks) isn't a choice for most normal people it often break Captcha. Some website even straight up just don't allow Firefox based then tell you to use chrome. I am not by anyway try to defend Brave action, but I can't see much choice that just work for people who don't even know what an OS is.

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