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Highly recommend brave (with all the crypto nonsense shut off), it's a pretty fast browser, nice features and works with chrome extensions. I've used it success

Highly recommend brave (with all the crypto nonsense shut off), it's a pretty fast browser, nice features and works with chrome extensions. I've used it successfully for the past 3 or something years

gardenhedge 3y ago
When I tried Brave, it blocked website ads but gave me browser ad popups on the top right. No thanks. Stick to Firefox.
- yulaow 3y ago
  you can deactivate them. In my installation on linux they were disabled by default and it asked me if I wanted to activate them (just one time) to support the browser
- silisili 3y ago
  Brave Rewards, which is what you are complaining about, is opt in.
  - wccrawford 3y ago
    They saw it by default, which means it's "opt out".
    - silisili 3y ago
      It isn't. It asks you on install if you want to enroll.
      - gardenhedge 3y ago
        Then I got tricked. I wasn't expecting ads in the format they came in.
- subtra3t 3y ago
  I feel like this comment was made in bad faith. Brave Rewards, the thing you're complaining about, is OPT-IN. That means you had to manually enable it in Brave's settings. You're complaining about something you consciously enabled.
  - wccrawford 3y ago
    https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360027276731-Brave-Rewards-FAQ https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360027276731-Bra... This says it's opt out, not in.
    - subtra3t 3y ago
      In what section does it say it's opt-out? Not doubting your statement, just that I don't see it any of the sections I looked through. If you mean the sponsored ads on the New Tab page, then yes they are indeed opt-out. But the person who I responded found the browser pop-ups annnoying. That is a part of Brave Rewards. The New Tab page ads are not a part of Brave Rewards unless you explicitly enable that in the settings (second section of the link you mentioned).
      - wccrawford 3y ago
        Do I have to participate in Rewards in order to use Brave? You do not need to participate in Rewards in order to enjoy Brave. However, note that sponsored images on the New Tab Page are on by default, but can easily be disabled. (If you enable Brave Rewards, you will earn for the New Tab Page sponsored images you see.)
        subtra3t 3y ago
        The sponsored images you are referring to are not a part of Brave Rewards, not by default. GP was referring to pop-up ads, which are a part of Brave Rewards and are opt-in.
  - gardenhedge 3y ago
    It's not in bad faith. I downloaded and set up the browser. I was unhappy with the ads shown to me - I wouldn't have checked a tickbox during set up if I had known what the result would be like.
jraph 3y ago
But it's doing Google's game by being based on Blink.
- theferalrobot 3y ago
  Blink is the de facto web standard like it or not just like linux is for web hosting and both are open source and contributed to by many companies. Firefox is now in 5th place for browser market share and Mozilla is a dumpster fire of a company, imo it is only a matter of time before Firefox switches or completely folds.
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  - tinus_hn 3y ago
    Spoken like a true Internet Explorer believer in 2010. Nothing is forever, no matter how solid its lead appears to be.
    - theferalrobot 3y ago
      Certainly not but believing that FireFox is going to resurrect itself from a dropping market share of 3% is delusional and the sooner we all face reality the better we can make it. I loved FireFox over the years but he’s dead Jim.
      - jraph 3y ago
        How do you know this? It hasn't happened just yet. Let's wait and see. I still use Firefox, it's still regularly updated and it still works very well. It pretty much does the job, regardless its number of users. It'll be dead when it won't receive updates anymore. I don't understand what good can be done by considering it dead right now.
      - robertlagrant 3y ago
        I don't really understand this - would you not buy a car if it has too small a market share? Why not just use it? What reality is there to face?
bluecalm 3y ago
Brave might be the best thing to come out of the crypto era :) I hope it will somehow survive both Chrome changes and crypto dying off.
- jacooper 3y ago
  I doubt its dependent on crypto, they have enough services such as brave search, vpn and meets. They probably generate enough revenue.
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Barrin92 3y ago
>Highly recommend brave (with all the crypto nonsense shut off), That's essentially Vivaldi. Also stores your data in Iceland for people who care about that kind of stuff and has some pretty good QoL features build in like tab tiling.

Highly recommend brave (with all the crypto nonsense shut off), it's a pretty fast browser, nice features and works with chrome extensions. I've used it successfully for the past 3 or something years

gardenhedge 3y ago

When I tried Brave, it blocked website ads but gave me browser ad popups on the top right. No thanks. Stick to Firefox.

yulaow 3y ago
you can deactivate them. In my installation on linux they were disabled by default and it asked me if I wanted to activate them (just one time) to support the browser
silisili 3y ago
Brave Rewards, which is what you are complaining about, is opt in.
- wccrawford 3y ago
  They saw it by default, which means it's "opt out".
  - silisili 3y ago
    It isn't. It asks you on install if you want to enroll.
    - gardenhedge 3y ago
      Then I got tricked. I wasn't expecting ads in the format they came in.
subtra3t 3y ago
I feel like this comment was made in bad faith. Brave Rewards, the thing you're complaining about, is OPT-IN. That means you had to manually enable it in Brave's settings. You're complaining about something you consciously enabled.
- wccrawford 3y ago
  https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360027276731-Brave-Rewards-FAQ https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360027276731-Bra... This says it's opt out, not in.
  - subtra3t 3y ago
    In what section does it say it's opt-out? Not doubting your statement, just that I don't see it any of the sections I looked through. If you mean the sponsored ads on the New Tab page, then yes they are indeed opt-out. But the person who I responded found the browser pop-ups annnoying. That is a part of Brave Rewards. The New Tab page ads are not a part of Brave Rewards unless you explicitly enable that in the settings (second section of the link you mentioned).
    - wccrawford 3y ago
      Do I have to participate in Rewards in order to use Brave? You do not need to participate in Rewards in order to enjoy Brave. However, note that sponsored images on the New Tab Page are on by default, but can easily be disabled. (If you enable Brave Rewards, you will earn for the New Tab Page sponsored images you see.)
      - subtra3t 3y ago
        The sponsored images you are referring to are not a part of Brave Rewards, not by default. GP was referring to pop-up ads, which are a part of Brave Rewards and are opt-in.
- gardenhedge 3y ago
  It's not in bad faith. I downloaded and set up the browser. I was unhappy with the ads shown to me - I wouldn't have checked a tickbox during set up if I had known what the result would be like.

jraph 3y ago

But it's doing Google's game by being based on Blink.

theferalrobot 3y ago
Blink is the de facto web standard like it or not just like linux is for web hosting and both are open source and contributed to by many companies. Firefox is now in 5th place for browser market share and Mozilla is a dumpster fire of a company, imo it is only a matter of time before Firefox switches or completely folds.
- deleted 3y ago
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- tinus_hn 3y ago
  Spoken like a true Internet Explorer believer in 2010. Nothing is forever, no matter how solid its lead appears to be.
  - theferalrobot 3y ago
    Certainly not but believing that FireFox is going to resurrect itself from a dropping market share of 3% is delusional and the sooner we all face reality the better we can make it. I loved FireFox over the years but he’s dead Jim.
    - jraph 3y ago
      How do you know this? It hasn't happened just yet. Let's wait and see. I still use Firefox, it's still regularly updated and it still works very well. It pretty much does the job, regardless its number of users. It'll be dead when it won't receive updates anymore. I don't understand what good can be done by considering it dead right now.
    - robertlagrant 3y ago
      I don't really understand this - would you not buy a car if it has too small a market share? Why not just use it? What reality is there to face?

bluecalm 3y ago

Brave might be the best thing to come out of the crypto era :) I hope it will somehow survive both Chrome changes and crypto dying off.

jacooper 3y ago
I doubt its dependent on crypto, they have enough services such as brave search, vpn and meets. They probably generate enough revenue.

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Barrin92 3y ago

>Highly recommend brave (with all the crypto nonsense shut off), That's essentially Vivaldi. Also stores your data in Iceland for people who care about that kind of stuff and has some pretty good QoL features build in like tab tiling.