• thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
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        1 month ago

        Only reason I use it is because it’s seemingly the only browser on iOS that blocks YouTube ads, and allows for background play without paying for Premium.

        If anyone knows how to do the same via Firefox (iOS), I’m all ears!

        • oktoberpaard@lemm.ee
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          1 month ago

          There’s a Safari extension in the App Store called vinegar that can do those things. AdGuard is another Safari extension that works well as an adblocker.

  • 4am@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Brave? The browser that hides ads and substitutes their own? The one that keeps you private from Google AdSense so they can sell your data themselves? The one that keeps their Chromium build lean, so that you don’t notice the crypto miner running along side of it?

    The fucking PayPal Honey of browsers? When the fuck did they ever look good? They’re like the “Banzai Buddy” of the HTML5 era

        • anothermember@lemmy.zip
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          1 month ago

          I thought it was common knowledge; he donated to some anti-LGBTQ political campaigns in the US which ultimately lead him to resign from Mozilla and start up his own browser. Which is good enough reason in my opinion to avoid it regardless of what ever else might be good about Brave.

          • ZeroOne@lemmy.world
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            1 month ago

            Thanks for elaborating & you were kind enough to inform (unlike the fascist guttrotten clowns who disliked)

    • redfellow@sopuli.xyz
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      1 month ago

      Haven’t found anything on Android to replace it with, and on Desktop swapped to it after Chrome Manifest V3.

      I work as a web dev, and after the install I just disabled the wallet etc, and am left with a browser with native quick dark mode toggle, built in support for ublock lists, and otherwise familiar Chrome experience, with full extension support and foldable device support.

      Firefox has certain UI/UX choices I dislike, and they are behind in implementing lots of features (that are rarely an issue to non devs).

      • John Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Cromite. Every time you use Brave you help promote their right-wing CEO known for donating money to ban gay marriage.

        • redfellow@sopuli.xyz
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          1 month ago

          Could you explain how that logic works? I don’t support their CEOs points of views by simply browsing the web with the app.

          I can understand how mentioning this, I would, but I was compelled to reply to your question.

          Edit: Naos question*

          Edit 2: I don’t see Cromite in the app store, and have near zero will for tinkering/manual updating after a days work in tech.

          • Signtist@lemm.eeEnglish
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            1 month ago

            CEO’s get money from people using their products, and Google’s CEO spends a lot of that money lobbying in order to push the government further right. It’s not a tough thing to follow. “Support” isn’t about whether or not you agree with them, it’s about whether or not you help fund their actions when you have other options that wouldn’t.

  • Aviandelight @mander.xyz
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    1 month ago

    I have been using Brave for the last year and I did like it as a mobile browser. But today I noticed that when I was searching about abortion and etopic pregnancy (fact checking a really dumb article) that all of a sudden their AI crap was throwing “no results available” errors. I checked some other left leaning topics and sure enough it no longer gives you AI results. So I immediately uninstalled that shit from my phone because fuck them.

  • kazerniel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I think anyone who is already using Firefox knows very well why they wouldn’t want to use Brave 🤷 (My main reasons were being a Chromium browser and having unwanted crypto features included.)

    Edit: Oh yes, and the CEO’s homophobia is not helping either…

  • frozenspinach@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 month ago

    Daily reminder that Brave uses Chromium, an open source project where all the commits are approved or denied by Google devs.

  • John Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 month ago

    The same Brave founded by the anti-LGBTQ+ & anti-DEI CEO that doesn’t believe that gay people should have the same rights as straight people? Color me shocked!

  • Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    After installing Brave I was getting some kind of failed login popup in my GNOME desktop environment. Uninstalled it and the popup disappeared. It gave me the heeby jeebies about Brave.

    • pixelapoc@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Not to defend Brave, but this sounds like it was just a pop-up for the Gnome key wallet or something like that.

      • Cactus_Head@programming.dev
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        1 month ago

        Yeah, it tries to use the keyring to store passwords every time you launch it even if you turned off password saving, the same applies to chrome and chromium browsers in general plus most password managers, tho not always. I tried to troubleshoot it, most forums online suggested to remove gnome key-rings if you are not using them but it kept reinstalling it. This plus brave being slower on mobile made me switch to firefox

    • LWD@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      Kind of funny they list their built-in, paid VPN as a positive feature and not a negative. Maybe they were running out of good things to say about… Themselves.

      Granted, Mozilla also shot themselves in the foot by saying Firefox was better for not blocking ads by default, but that’s a different story for a different day

  • unalivejoy@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    If you’re gonna get a browser with a brave-like experience, might as well get a Firefox based one like Zen.