Yeah but Brave? Why not Firefox or Vivaldi.
this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2024
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Forgive them. They aren't used to choosing their browser yet.
They're Apple users. They aren't used to making any decisions when it comes to how their phones work
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Well the Brave Twitter account is likely a bit biased toward the Brave browser. 🙂
I'm sure the others were impacted too.
Edit: Firefox installs jumped 50%.
Vivaldi is a proprietary rebranding of Chromium. Can't say I'd recommend it over (or in addition to) Firefox.
We need less forks of Chromium. Any one company (Google in this case) having total control over browser engines is dangerous, and is a big reason why the whole Apple/Safari/Webkit situation is such a big deal to begin with.
Remember kids, if it's Chromium based, it's still part of the problem. The Chromium project only exists to provide the illusion of choice. Don't let Google have the power to dictate web standards at will.
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For god sakes don’t use Brave. Brave has been caught doing shady shit in the past, and the CEO is a piece of shit on top of that.
Use Firefox with privacy addons.
Don't worry, Firefox downloads in the EU have also skyrocketed.
Vivaldi and Firefox are better choices.
PS: considering reviewing Brave again. Everyone should contribute to their source code.
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Brave is garbage. It's a cryptoscam adscam browser based on Chrome. For the love of god, use Firefox (or Vivaldi if you absolutely need chromium)
I can't say I disagree, I've long abandoned it on my PC.
But Brave has superb AdBlocking capabilities compared to every other browser for iPhone, so I'm still using it on my phone.
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Chart is a little misleading starting at 7% instead of zero, but still a nice surge nevertheless.
True. Other people asked so they posted another one.
IMO, this makes it look even worse.
That's why they started with the one they did
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Brave would definitely not be my choice 😂
That is fine, as long as people have a choice.
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I mean sure I guess... but brave as a browser is atrocious. I don't trust their bullshit at all.
After all who doesn't want a crypto wallet in their browser? that's the safest place for it right?
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Reminder that this graph does not start at zero. Still a ~(EDIT: 50)% increase.
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I've been using Firefox on my android phones for years though, I don't remember it ever being more involved then setting it as default on the popup on first launch.
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Still wouldn't touch Brave Browser due to their past crypto shenanigans.
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That graph looks exaggerated but this is over a few days which is crazy
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The axis is somewhat misleading. A jump from 8k to 11k installs is nothing.
Edit: just saw from the comments this is the number of installs per day so its bigger than I thought
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Misleading graph trying to make a 150% increase look like a 1000% increase.
that's a ~40% increase looking like a 300% increase
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That doesn't surprise me, and yes it was always because of anti-competitive practices, so I'm all for more neutrality, I'll just add 2 shower thoughts:
- Seeing that Brave is at the top of the browser list, I wonder how many selected Brave just because it's at the top of the list and thought that this must be a good choice then, not because they actually like Brave.
- It's nice to have such a thing for browsers, but it would have to be expanded to other apps as well, e.g. mail client. Oh well, maybe in another 10 years or so.
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I'm so glad they included a key otherwise I wouldn't know what the green line represented.
I used to use brave before they were soured. Ther BAT token disappearing from my account was another nail in the coffin.
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