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I just use Brave browser now. It's very good. I can use chrome extensions.
by ronnier 5y ago
I just use Brave browser now. It's very good. I can use chrome extensions.
- smoldesu 5y agoI think I trust a random binary blob more than I do Brave's random binary blob, with all of it's crypto lug-alongs.
- ronnier 5y agoThe crypto stuff does weird me out. But I'd rather use it than a google product.
- fsflover 5y agoHow about Firefox? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29378307 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29378307
- jptech 5y agoI use Firefox as my main browser, Brave as backup foot sites that don't work well with FF. Brave does a good job with randomizing fingerprints.
- andrepd 5y agoWell why choose? Just use neither.
- smoldesu 5y agoI'd rather use a Google product than a Brendan Eich one.
- path411 5y agoPretty easy to turn off the crypto stuff
- ronnier 5y agoAgreed. That's what I did.
- webmobdev 5y agoVivaldi Browser is a better Chrome clone than Brave.
- theduder99 5y agobecause reasons?
- keyle 5y agoInteresting, that source code is growing FAST though, I wonder why that is... https://vivaldi.com/source/ https://vivaldi.com/source/ edit: "integrated email client" Ok now I see why ;)
- MrWiffles 5y agoI thought Vivaldi was closed source for some reason, so thank you for this! I may be using that more often now!
- pseudalopex 5y agoThe UI is closed source.
- Bayart 5y agoIt's still readable and editable, AFAIK. At least the CSS files.
- pseudalopex 5y agoIt's obfuscated.[1] [1] https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser-open-source/ https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser...
- keyle 5y agoRight, I didn't know that > Note that, of the three layers above, only the UI layer is closed-source. Roughly 92% of the browser’s code is open source coming from Chromium, 3% is open source coming from us, which leaves only 5% for our UI closed-source code That changes the equation quite a bit.
- keyle 5y agoI've had a horrible experience on PC with early Brave. I'll never install that again. Just understand this, you don't trust Google, fine... Now do you trust some randos telling you you should trust them instead of Google...
- ronnier 5y agoYeah, because they don't control half of the internet.
- ldiracdelta 5y agoI'm inclined to trust Brenden Eich over Google or random compiles.
- BrendanEich 5y agoHow early? Could be worth trying again.
- dartharva 5y agoI don't know, Brave has always broken more sites and failed to block more ads for me, than either Chromium or Firefox with uBlock Origin.