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What are the benefits of using Brave instead of Firefox?
by hazz99 8y ago
What are the benefits of using Brave instead of Firefox?
- radicaldreamer 8y agoThe built in ad-blocking is more performant, it’s based on chromium, so compatibility with some marginal sites. Other than that they’re pretty comparable. Brave has some crypto-related compensation scheme for websites but it’s completely opt-in and optional.
- spooneybarger 8y agoI've looked at using brave instead of Firefox because I'd install fewer extensions to get what I want in terms of ad blocking and privacy. Fewer extensions is a regular goal of mine. That said, Brave isn't quite there yet for me on the desktop but based on the roadmap, I'll be checking it out again in a few months. In the meantime, Brave is my primary mobile browser.
- superflyguy 8y agoHow about Firefox Focus?
- spooneybarger 8y agoIt was a little too limited for me. I have 3 sites I visit regularly and have tabs open for each makes my workflow a little easier. I liked focus and the DDG browser but settled on brave as the best for fit for me. I don't love any of them but brave works best for the limited way I use my phone. I do check in on the DDG and focus browsers every 3 months or so to see if I want to switch.
- marichards 8y agoBrave decided to protect users by default from privacy concerns, it may not be perfect, I'm going to give it a go and see. Firefox offers various privacy features (check about:config), but they're opt-in and typically have a bar to entry for users to be willing to change settings and know what they will do. Mozilla might claim to care about privacy, but by not clamping down on third party content and referers, it left most of its userbase in the position of having their privacy invaded by default when using their product. If you care about privacy you fix that, they didn't.
- Markoff 8y agopull down to refresh much smoother scrolling