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What are the best alternatives at this point to Brave?

by selfishgene 6y ago

ryanlol 6y ago
Chromium?
backing 6y ago
Why did you trust Brave in the first place ?
hshshs2 6y ago
...Firefox?
m-p-3 6y ago
What are you looking for in a web browser?
pensatoio 6y ago
Firefox. It’s way better than it used to be. It took me a few tries over the years to switch, but it now like it a lot more than chrome.
messo 6y ago
Check out Vivaldi, a much better browser for poweusers.
- shock 6y ago
  Vivaldi is closed source, I would not call it a "much better browser" for that reason.
gorbypark 6y ago
Ungoogled Chromium.
sam_goody 6y ago
Firefox, despite that some HN'ers bash them for not being perfect. And there is an occasional reCaptcha time-waster as "encouragement" from Google to switch. Ungoogled Chromium, if you don't mind supporting the monopoly, and the (IMO) onerous upgrade path.
- fwn 6y ago
  There's quite a difference between "not being perfect" and the continuous letdown and disappointment that is Mozilla management / decision making. Mozilla just shattered an extension ecosystem and now there's like 10 extensions left. You can do store extensions in Nightly, but you now need a firefox account to do so. (And you have to press secret invisible buttons, not joking.) Non-store extensions are apparently canceled. It's a power grab all the way down. We wouldn't make excuses if Google did that and we shouldn't make excuses if Mozilla does it. Current Mozilla does not behave in a way that would demonstrate that they are a good steward for Firefox or the open web.
  - nextaccountic 6y ago
    > Mozilla just shattered an extension ecosystem and now there's like 10 extensions left The gutted extensions are exactly the kind that never worked in Chromium or another browser, so I don't see this as a disadvantage. On the contrary, Firefox still has extensions that don't work in Chrome like Tree Style Tabs (it needs a userChrome.css to work properly but still)
MockObject 6y ago
Dissenter is a version of Brave with all the BAT stuff taken out. (Yes, Dissenter is associated with bad people. No, I am not one of those bad people, I just use the browser. Yes, it is sad that this disclaimer needs to be written. Please don't downvote me.)

What are the best alternatives at this point to Brave?

ryanlol 6y ago

Chromium?

backing 6y ago

Why did you trust Brave in the first place ?

hshshs2 6y ago

...Firefox?

m-p-3 6y ago

What are you looking for in a web browser?

pensatoio 6y ago

Firefox. It’s way better than it used to be. It took me a few tries over the years to switch, but it now like it a lot more than chrome.

messo 6y ago

Check out Vivaldi, a much better browser for poweusers.

shock 6y ago
Vivaldi is closed source, I would not call it a "much better browser" for that reason.

gorbypark 6y ago

Ungoogled Chromium.

sam_goody 6y ago

Firefox, despite that some HN'ers bash them for not being perfect. And there is an occasional reCaptcha time-waster as "encouragement" from Google to switch. Ungoogled Chromium, if you don't mind supporting the monopoly, and the (IMO) onerous upgrade path.

fwn 6y ago
There's quite a difference between "not being perfect" and the continuous letdown and disappointment that is Mozilla management / decision making. Mozilla just shattered an extension ecosystem and now there's like 10 extensions left. You can do store extensions in Nightly, but you now need a firefox account to do so. (And you have to press secret invisible buttons, not joking.) Non-store extensions are apparently canceled. It's a power grab all the way down. We wouldn't make excuses if Google did that and we shouldn't make excuses if Mozilla does it. Current Mozilla does not behave in a way that would demonstrate that they are a good steward for Firefox or the open web.
- nextaccountic 6y ago
  > Mozilla just shattered an extension ecosystem and now there's like 10 extensions left The gutted extensions are exactly the kind that never worked in Chromium or another browser, so I don't see this as a disadvantage. On the contrary, Firefox still has extensions that don't work in Chrome like Tree Style Tabs (it needs a userChrome.css to work properly but still)

MockObject 6y ago

Dissenter is a version of Brave with all the BAT stuff taken out. (Yes, Dissenter is associated with bad people. No, I am not one of those bad people, I just use the browser. Yes, it is sad that this disclaimer needs to be written. Please don't downvote me.)