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If you need an alternative to Brave, then see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708688 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708688. This comment also sh

If you need an alternative to Brave, then see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708688 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708688. This comment also shares the auto-suggestions-for-profit which is another reason I'm not using it. Since I cannot use DDG nor Brave, the only alternative (besides the currently bloated Firefox -- in my biased opinion) is ungoogled-chromium.

nichch 6y ago
Please read https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708986 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708986 before deciding on which browser to switch to. “Currently bloated Firefox” is a baseless claim in my opinion.
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- tibet_13 6y ago
  I've been using ff for years and had no problem with it. Uninstalled Brave after the affiliate link incident.
andrepd 6y ago
In what sense is Firefox bloated compared to brave?
- fullstop 6y ago
  Not GP, but excluding benchmarks and profiling data, since I've not done that, Brave feels faster. There are times when Firefox gets slow and I need to restart it, new tabs take more time than they should to open, stuff like that. My experience is 100% on Linux, and perhaps Firefox on Windows or OS X is quite different.
kohtatsu 6y ago
Are you a former DDG employee? And to clarify you do use the DDG search engine, just not their browser.
- rydre 6y ago
  DDG's CEO has a shady background. It's not as privacy centric as they claim to be.
  - 1f60c 6y ago
    Source?
    - rydre 6y ago
      His investments into Locately in 2010. Locately is pioneering the science of Location Analytics. Locately's software analyzes semi-continuous GPS data from mobile phones to better understand what consumers do and how they shop. Edit: why the downvotes? :/ I like my HN points...
      - mekster 6y ago
        Either someone who's not comfortable with your comment or you forgot to link to a source.
        rydre 6y ago
        > Either someone who's not comfortable with your comment Someone who?
        mekster 6y ago
        Brave team?
    - oefrha 6y ago
      Last time this came up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23709270 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23709270 founder has a bad track record on user privacy. Founded Names Database[1], a social media website designed to collect user information as aggressively as possible, before selling all the information to classmates.com. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_Database https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_Database
Batman8675309 6y ago
Yeah, using software you have to build yourself is a much better alternative. Especially when it's not available for Android at all..
- niftylettuce 6y ago
  Yes it is

nichch 6y ago

Please read https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708986 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708986 before deciding on which browser to switch to. “Currently bloated Firefox” is a baseless claim in my opinion.

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tibet_13 6y ago
I've been using ff for years and had no problem with it. Uninstalled Brave after the affiliate link incident.

andrepd 6y ago

In what sense is Firefox bloated compared to brave?

fullstop 6y ago
Not GP, but excluding benchmarks and profiling data, since I've not done that, Brave feels faster. There are times when Firefox gets slow and I need to restart it, new tabs take more time than they should to open, stuff like that. My experience is 100% on Linux, and perhaps Firefox on Windows or OS X is quite different.

kohtatsu 6y ago

Are you a former DDG employee? And to clarify you do use the DDG search engine, just not their browser.

rydre 6y ago
DDG's CEO has a shady background. It's not as privacy centric as they claim to be.
- 1f60c 6y ago
  Source?
  - rydre 6y ago
    His investments into Locately in 2010. Locately is pioneering the science of Location Analytics. Locately's software analyzes semi-continuous GPS data from mobile phones to better understand what consumers do and how they shop. Edit: why the downvotes? :/ I like my HN points...
    - mekster 6y ago
      Either someone who's not comfortable with your comment or you forgot to link to a source.
      - rydre 6y ago
        > Either someone who's not comfortable with your comment Someone who?
        mekster 6y ago
        Brave team?
  - oefrha 6y ago
    Last time this came up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23709270 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23709270 founder has a bad track record on user privacy. Founded Names Database[1], a social media website designed to collect user information as aggressively as possible, before selling all the information to classmates.com. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_Database https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_Database

Batman8675309 6y ago

Yeah, using software you have to build yourself is a much better alternative. Especially when it's not available for Android at all..

niftylettuce 6y ago
Yes it is