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I don't really care what they do. You can't use their browser without signing up for an account, which is absolute hypocrisy and even WORSE than regular browser

I don't really care what they do. You can't use their browser without signing up for an account, which is absolute hypocrisy and even WORSE than regular browsers.

gunapologist99 4y ago
This is incorrect. I've used Brave and never created an account (not even sure how). Are you confusing this with Google Chrome and its accounts, because that also can be used without creating a Google account?
- NonNefarious 4y ago
  No, I do not use Chrome.
rav3ndust 4y ago
I've been using Brave since 2019, and I am unsure what a "Brave Account" is. In fact, I don't know of a desktop browser that requires account signin. Chrome encourages it, but you don't have too to be able to use the browser.
kunwon1 4y ago
I've never used Brave before. I was curious about this, so I just downloaded the browser. I'm able to use it without signing up for an account. I was never even prompted to create an account.
MichaelCollins 4y ago
Comments like this make me wonder if people are just making shit up because they hate Brendon Eich. If you're not just making it up, where did you get this idea from?
- NonNefarious 4y ago
  As I recall, I signed up for the beta, so maybe they removed this requirement after release. I deleted Brave, and I was pretty sure it was for this reason. I just re-downloaded it and installed it, and sure enough there was no log-in requirement. Was there some other privacy-touting or "alternative" browser that came out in the last couple of years? One thing I did find annoying after installing it just now is that it doesn't import bookmarks from Safari, but rather only Firefox. It would be nice if it did; in fact it would be cool if some browser would do bi-directional bookmark syncing with Safari, to piggyback on iCloud syncing across devices.
  - soundnote 4y ago
    I've used Brave for who knows how long now, and it's only been really recently (with the introduction of Brave Talk and Brave Search, which have paid pro tiers) that they've introduced accounts at all. There may be something related to signing up for a crypto wallet if you want to use those features (since at least turning the crypto into fiat requires the crypto exchange to "know their customer"). But the browser itself, the sync features etc., none of that needs an account. The sync service doesn't even have accounts, just a long string of words to serve as a the fingerprint for a sync chain.

I don't really care what they do. You can't use their browser without signing up for an account, which is absolute hypocrisy and even WORSE than regular browsers.

gunapologist99 4y ago

This is incorrect. I've used Brave and never created an account (not even sure how). Are you confusing this with Google Chrome and its accounts, because that also can be used without creating a Google account?

NonNefarious 4y ago
No, I do not use Chrome.

rav3ndust 4y ago

I've been using Brave since 2019, and I am unsure what a "Brave Account" is. In fact, I don't know of a desktop browser that requires account signin. Chrome encourages it, but you don't have too to be able to use the browser.

kunwon1 4y ago

I've never used Brave before. I was curious about this, so I just downloaded the browser. I'm able to use it without signing up for an account. I was never even prompted to create an account.

MichaelCollins 4y ago

Comments like this make me wonder if people are just making shit up because they hate Brendon Eich. If you're not just making it up, where did you get this idea from?

NonNefarious 4y ago
As I recall, I signed up for the beta, so maybe they removed this requirement after release. I deleted Brave, and I was pretty sure it was for this reason. I just re-downloaded it and installed it, and sure enough there was no log-in requirement. Was there some other privacy-touting or "alternative" browser that came out in the last couple of years? One thing I did find annoying after installing it just now is that it doesn't import bookmarks from Safari, but rather only Firefox. It would be nice if it did; in fact it would be cool if some browser would do bi-directional bookmark syncing with Safari, to piggyback on iCloud syncing across devices.
- soundnote 4y ago
  I've used Brave for who knows how long now, and it's only been really recently (with the introduction of Brave Talk and Brave Search, which have paid pro tiers) that they've introduced accounts at all. There may be something related to signing up for a crypto wallet if you want to use those features (since at least turning the crypto into fiat requires the crypto exchange to "know their customer"). But the browser itself, the sync features etc., none of that needs an account. The sync service doesn't even have accounts, just a long string of words to serve as a the fingerprint for a sync chain.