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You're pretending like you're taking a downgrade on personal privacy by not using Brave, as if everything it does cannot be replicated or surpassed with 5 minut

You're pretending like you're taking a downgrade on personal privacy by not using Brave, as if everything it does cannot be replicated or surpassed with 5 minutes of effort on any other browser.

jqpabc123 5y ago
...replicated or surpassed with 5 minutes of effort on any other browser. You're pretending like this 5 minutes of effort won't have to repeated in the future. Other viable add-on options are certainly available but in my experience, I have not found these to surpass the speed and ease of maintenance I get built-in with Brave.
- approxim8ion 5y ago
  > You're pretending like this 5 minutes of effort won't have to repeated in the future. Every time you install the browser or buy a new computer, I guess? 5 minutes every couple of years seems like a negligible amount for me. Not to mention the fact that in Firefox you can just carry over your profiles folder, so it's more like 30 seconds every couple of years. I actually quite like Brave as a browser and recommend it to anyone who doesn't want to or isn't going to be able to fiddle with setting things up. I just don't think the value proposition is compelling enough for me to reconsider.
  - jqpabc123 5y ago
    Every time you install the browser or buy a new computer, I guess? Or until they issue an update or change their API and your add-ons suddenly stop working. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/02/01/addons-mozilla-org-api-v3-deprecation/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/02/01/addons-mozilla-or...
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    - approxim8ion 5y ago
      That's a fair point, but this change comes after 5 years. Again, spread over that time span, the effort is negligible. Sure, the blocker being a first-class citizen on Brave is certainly helpful and perhaps a marker of reliability (imo it is too young of a project to tell). I take that point, but there just isn't enough instability or unreliability on something like Firefox to warrant a switch for me (yet). I also prefer a more granular control over my blocking, which Brave doesn't offer. I understand this isn't something the majority cares about, but I'm only talking about myself here.

You're pretending like you're taking a downgrade on personal privacy by not using Brave, as if everything it does cannot be replicated or surpassed with 5 minutes of effort on any other browser.

jqpabc123 5y ago

...replicated or surpassed with 5 minutes of effort on any other browser. You're pretending like this 5 minutes of effort won't have to repeated in the future. Other viable add-on options are certainly available but in my experience, I have not found these to surpass the speed and ease of maintenance I get built-in with Brave.

approxim8ion 5y ago
> You're pretending like this 5 minutes of effort won't have to repeated in the future. Every time you install the browser or buy a new computer, I guess? 5 minutes every couple of years seems like a negligible amount for me. Not to mention the fact that in Firefox you can just carry over your profiles folder, so it's more like 30 seconds every couple of years. I actually quite like Brave as a browser and recommend it to anyone who doesn't want to or isn't going to be able to fiddle with setting things up. I just don't think the value proposition is compelling enough for me to reconsider.
- jqpabc123 5y ago
  Every time you install the browser or buy a new computer, I guess? Or until they issue an update or change their API and your add-ons suddenly stop working. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/02/01/addons-mozilla-org-api-v3-deprecation/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/02/01/addons-mozilla-or...
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  - approxim8ion 5y ago
    That's a fair point, but this change comes after 5 years. Again, spread over that time span, the effort is negligible. Sure, the blocker being a first-class citizen on Brave is certainly helpful and perhaps a marker of reliability (imo it is too young of a project to tell). I take that point, but there just isn't enough instability or unreliability on something like Firefox to warrant a switch for me (yet). I also prefer a more granular control over my blocking, which Brave doesn't offer. I understand this isn't something the majority cares about, but I'm only talking about myself here.