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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] 5 points 1 week ago

I don't use Brave but honestly there aren't many options left. I can't wish for Orion to launch any sooner.

[–] turnip 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Does Adblock even work in Brave any more since Google blocked them?

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

Brave has their own built-in ad blocker that still works

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Last I used it, it didn't have nearly the functionality that ubo does

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Disabling Brave Rewards on a new installation is not any harder than disabling Firefox's Pocket crap, or Edge's Copilot integration, or Chrome's send-everything-to-Google behaviour.

I wish one day we can get a browser that serves the user instead of browser maker, but for now i'll keep using Brave (it's at least open source).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)