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It's time. People can complain that "oh it's based on Chromium" but I don't think that's the hill to die on right now.
by wyclif 2y ago
It's time. People can complain that "oh it's based on Chromium" but I don't think that's the hill to die on right now.
- radlad 2y agoWhat makes Brave a better choice than Firefox? While it claims to be privacy-focused, it's developed by a VC-funded company, not a non-profit foundation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)#Controvers...
- superq 2y agoMozilla now sells data, while Brave does not?
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- radlad 2y agoDoes Mozilla sell your data, or did they remove language saying they won't? Do you really think Brave won't, when it comes time to pay the piper?
- glenstein 2y agoBrave sells ads and discloses aggregate-level data to advertisers, and has a history of trust-undermining transgressions mentioned upthread: >installs VPN without asking, overriding links to insert referral codes, collecting donations for YouTubers without YouTubers even knowing about it, etc, etc
- josephh 2y agoFor the simple reason of not using Gecko
- soundnote 2y agoSite isolation is one: Firefox doesn't sandbox websites from each other on non-Windows platforms, and even on Windows its sandboxing solution is just worse than Chromium's. They're doing work on implementing sandboxing more widely, mind, but still have a long road ahead of them to get to parity.
- radlad 2y agoFirefox has had site isolation since 2021: https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/05/18/introducing-site-isolation-in-firefox/ https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/05/18/introducing-sit...
- soundnote 2y agoYes, on desktop. Mobile Firefox still has none, though that should change within this year or the next.
- awnird 2y agoI think many people's issue with Brave is that it's a cryptocurrency grift, not that it's a Chromium reskin.
- wyclif 2y agoDon't most Brave users have all the crypto functionality turned off or opted out?