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Chrome is heavy spyware that scans your whole PC by default under the guise of "chrome is an antivirus now". Chrome tracking data is used for google's advertisi

Chrome is heavy spyware that scans your whole PC by default under the guise of "chrome is an antivirus now". Chrome tracking data is used for google's advertising wing and they lied about it extensively, which was obvious to many but now there's proof because of the recent leak. Brave does not do this. Pretty much without exception, anyone using chrome is better served by using brave. It doesnt mean brave is perfect or the best, but holding up chrome as better is a joke.

asdajksah2123 2y ago
Brave also didn't do ads. But now they do. The only real constraint on what Brave will and will not do is their VC pressures to make money vs reputational damage. And reputational damage isn't all that expensive.
- cactusplant7374 2y ago
  > The only real constraint on what Brave will and will not do is their VC pressures to make money vs reputational damage. And reputational damage isn't all that expensive. The VC's will be disappointed because Eich & co have said they will never exit through an IPO. They don't want to give up control like Google did.
- sickofparadox 2y ago
  Ads were always part of the Brave experience via the BAT program. Brave doesn't want there to be no ads, just ads that are non-intrusive and non-spyware. Duckduckgo does search term correlated ads as well, and I think its a fine way to build a revenue stream.
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wubrr 2y ago
Holding up Brave as some sort of privacy-preserving, ad-blocking replacement to Chrome is a complete joke and 100% untrue.
wubrr 2y ago
Except Brave privacy policy directly contradicts your claims (many times). https://brave.com/privacy/browser/ https://brave.com/privacy/browser/ > Safe Browsing > The Brave Browser automatically uses Google Safe Browsing to help protect you against websites, downloads and extensions that are known to be unsafe (such as sites that are fraudulent or that host malware).
- cactusplant7374 2y ago
  From your link: > We proxy these requests through Brave’s servers to reduce the amount of information sent to Google (for example, we remove your IP address) to protect against Google profiling or tracking you when using Safe Browsing.
  - wubrr 2y ago
    You have to be maximally naive and gullible to believe this protects you from profiling/tracking.
    - cactusplant7374 2y ago
      Oh no. I'm maximally naive.

asdajksah2123 2y ago

Brave also didn't do ads. But now they do. The only real constraint on what Brave will and will not do is their VC pressures to make money vs reputational damage. And reputational damage isn't all that expensive.

cactusplant7374 2y ago
> The only real constraint on what Brave will and will not do is their VC pressures to make money vs reputational damage. And reputational damage isn't all that expensive. The VC's will be disappointed because Eich & co have said they will never exit through an IPO. They don't want to give up control like Google did.
sickofparadox 2y ago
Ads were always part of the Brave experience via the BAT program. Brave doesn't want there to be no ads, just ads that are non-intrusive and non-spyware. Duckduckgo does search term correlated ads as well, and I think its a fine way to build a revenue stream.
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wubrr 2y ago

Holding up Brave as some sort of privacy-preserving, ad-blocking replacement to Chrome is a complete joke and 100% untrue.

wubrr 2y ago

Except Brave privacy policy directly contradicts your claims (many times). https://brave.com/privacy/browser/ https://brave.com/privacy/browser/ > Safe Browsing > The Brave Browser automatically uses Google Safe Browsing to help protect you against websites, downloads and extensions that are known to be unsafe (such as sites that are fraudulent or that host malware).

cactusplant7374 2y ago
From your link: > We proxy these requests through Brave’s servers to reduce the amount of information sent to Google (for example, we remove your IP address) to protect against Google profiling or tracking you when using Safe Browsing.
- wubrr 2y ago
  You have to be maximally naive and gullible to believe this protects you from profiling/tracking.
  - cactusplant7374 2y ago
    Oh no. I'm maximally naive.