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I use Brave because it's a "degoogled" Chrome. Having good blocking built in is a plus. Being able to use Chrome extensions is also a plus. I've tried Firefox
by atombender 6y ago
I use Brave because it's a "degoogled" Chrome. Having good blocking built in is a plus. Being able to use Chrome extensions is also a plus.
I've tried Firefox many times over the years, and only recently has it gotten to a point where it's fast and nice enough on macOS. There are still corners of the app I dislike (it doesn't always feel like a native app, for example), but this may be a reason to finally switch.
- alistproducer2 6y agoSame here but edge is offering the same on desktop so im switching. For mobile, brave is my daily driver.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoCheck out vivaldi. Edge will have various phone home random messages to Microsoft to let them know what you're doing.
- alistproducer2 6y agoInteresting. Ill have to update pihole to put a stop to that
- djsumdog 6y agoVivaldi is another Chromium based browser, although it's closed source. Firefox was getting much better for a while right after the Quantum release, but recently it has fallen way behind.
- agotterer 6y agoI came here to suggest Vivaldi. I’ve been using it for nearly two years as my primary browser. It’s not perfect, but no browser is. However, it’s the only browser I’ve found that treats It’s users like an adult and lets them setup the browser the way they want.
- thawaway1837 6y agoVivaldi is the true successor of Opera, more so than the Opera we have today.
- mekster 6y agoOpera is run by some random company but Vivaldi is developed by the original Opera developer.
- kwhitefoot 6y agoBut Opera is still useful because it has a VPN (proxy really) built in so that you can reach sites blacklisted by various public Wi-Fi access points.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoIt's the one I used. While people complain it's not open source, it's about 99.9% viewable from the point of view as source code.
- soraminazuki 6y agoI have Brave installed for the exact same reason. I usually use Firefox or Safari for most web browsing, but unfortunately some web services requires me to use Chromium-based browsers (e.g., Paperpile). I used to have Chrome installed for theses situations, but so many factors made me want to use Chrome less and less to the point that I simply didn't want to use it at all, even for rare occasions. For the curious, here are my reasons: 1. Deprecation of APIs that are essential for uBo 2. Phone-home features 3. Non-standard APIs (remember FIDO U2F, anyone?) 4. Constant bashing and name-calling of other browsers that doesn't implement their favored APIs (names like "the new IE") 5. Websites constantly badgering me to use Chrome Using Brave on rare occasions is a good compromise for me. It has some weird crypto stuff, but it allows me to use an degoogled version of Chromium. I also don't have to worry about it being a vastly insecure fork like some browser forks out in the wild.
- paulryanrogers 6y agoVivaldi and the new Edge are other choices that impersonate Chrome using Chromium. If you can't stand Firefox they may the next best choice.
- OOPMan 6y agoVivaldi is my pick thanks to its flexibility and recently added built-in ad-block
- freediver 6y agoIn many cases when a website 'requires' chrome it's just because the devs were too lazy to test it in other browsers and copied the snippet that asks for chrome. I usually just switch my user-agent in Safari dev menu to chrome and the site magically starts working.
- plerpin 6y agoJust use Ungoogled Chromium. Why suffer rent seeking crypto shenanigans?
- atombender 6y agoLast I checked, Ungoogled Chromium did not have self-updates, and installing Chrome Extensions was a bit of a chore without a special extension.
- mekster 6y agoYou can install extensions normally with a regular Chromium and then uninstall it and use the ungoogled.
- soraminazuki 6y agoThat's quite a bit of a chore. Are those extensions ever going to update themselves when there's a security vulnerability?
- UnbugMe 6y agoNot sure if having to use an extension is a dealbreaker for you but this one allows you to 1) Install extensions from the Chrome web store 2) Update them https://github.com/NeverDecaf/chromium-web-store https://github.com/NeverDecaf/chromium-web-store
- paulryanrogers 6y agoAutomated updates on Windows. That said there is no shortage of Chromium forks with auto update these days.
- mekster 6y agoWhy would you trust those random forks? I only use Chromium from authors who have been around for a while.
- dragonwriter 6y ago
- morog 6y agoI've been using Brave for this reason too on desktop. I installed opera for the first time in years last week, very nicely surprised. Fast, chrome based browser. The extension bar on the left is a useful add-on. I'll be removing Brave after this news and be using Firefox mainly, with opera as my 2nd browser.
- paulryanrogers 6y agoConsider Vivaldi too. It is closer in spirit to the original Opera IMO.
- paulcarroty 6y agoBoth are closed-source, also Opera now owns by Chinese company, which is minefield for privacy.
- bmn__ 6y agohttps://otter-browser.org https://otter-browser.org is closest.
- plerpin 6y agoI hope you are aware of Opera's corporate parentage.
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