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Haven't missed Chrome once since switching to https://brave.com/ https://brave.com/

by pnw 1y ago

Etheryte 1y ago
Of all the browsers you could be using, giving your data away to sketchy crypto bros should really not be at the top of the list.
- Supermancho 1y ago
  It's the top of the list because it works so well. I forget it's a different browser most of the time. I was able to turn off everything extraneous that I was concerned about. Brave is also Open Sourced.
  - deleted 1y ago
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- bung 1y ago
  Might as well edit and add some suggestions
  - homebrewer 1y ago
    Maybe take a look at Vivaldi, it's a continuation of the old Opera, with basically the same development team. It's the most user-friendly and configurable option at this moment, they're very responsive to feedback, and are the only organization that doesn't have some horrible privacy violations in the past (maybe excluding Apple, I don't know and don't care, 90% of users on this planet can't run Safari). Also they are in Norway if you care about that sort of thing. It's not FOSS, though, at least for now.
- bigstrat2003 1y ago
  I really don't care about crypto stuff. If you do, I can understand why that's a dealbreaker for you. But for me, it doesn't matter at all. I just turn the crypto features off and continue on my way.
  - asadotzler 1y ago
    It's not about the feature. It's about the people who built the feature. "Sure they sold a car that blows up at 75 mph, but I never drive over 60 so I trust them."
- esskay 1y ago
  The crypto part is an optional thing, which takes a split second to turn off - thats it. Once its off you are basically running chrome without the google call home, and with a built in adblocker unaffected by manifest v3. It's also opensource so it's not like theres anything being hidden here.
Supermancho 1y ago
Not being able to run Twitch on it has me switch for brief periods.
- bung 1y ago
  You're personally unable to look at twitch on it?
  - Supermancho 1y ago
    The adblock causes a twitch stream error. I can watch until the first ad. This is annoying, so I switch to vanilla chrome.
    - heraldgeezer 1y ago
      You can turn off the adblock per site. Do you even try to use software you are using? Click shield icon and turn off...
      - Supermancho 1y ago
        > Do you even try to use software you are using? GL with whatever.
        heraldgeezer 1y ago
        [flagged]
- sundarurfriend 1y ago
  Heh, funny, Twitch was the primary reason I installed Brave because it was being glitchy on Firefox (at the time years ago - no longer the case). I've never had trouble with Twitch on Brave.
- deryilz 1y ago
  From my experience (as a Brave user), using a User-Agent switching extension and setting it to Firefox for twitch.tv gets around that :)
rollcat 1y ago
It's the same Blink engine underneath. Talk about lipstick. I'm not aware of a Blink-based browser that isn't dropping manifest V2. That would be a soft fork, and wouldn't survive long.
- CharlesW 1y ago
  https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/
  - eviks 1y ago
    > When Google removes MV2 extensions from Chrome Web Store, they will be disabled for Brave users as well, except for these 4 supported extensions. Oh, thanks, welcome news! Wish Vivaldi did the same
  - rollcat 1y ago
    I'm eager to find out how long that will survive. (No sarcasm, just being realistic.)
- bigstrat2003 1y ago
  The point is you don't need to worry about manifest v3 interfering with ad blockers, because Brave has an ad blocker built into the browser. Also makes it a good Chromium-based option for mobile, since you can't install extensions on Chrome mobile at all.
CharlesW 1y ago
In the "cons" column, Brave is still a for-profit and has a bunch of features that continue to give some people the ick. In the "pros" column, there's a bunch of "how to debloat Brave" content showing how to improve the default kitchen-sink confifguration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6cKFliWW6Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6cKFliWW6Q
- pnw 1y ago
  I do turn off the wallet, VPN, AI and other bloat, but it's a minor inconvenience for a better browser.
  - pxoe 1y ago
    That's an absurd amount of tuning to make a browser acceptable to use. What you're saying is that it's unusable as is out of the box.
    - esskay 1y ago
      It takes less than a minute, one time. "tuning" really isn't the word here, it's literally flicking a couple of toggles and you're done.
    - pnw 1y ago
      It's literally a handful of options on the settings page.
nh43215rgb 1y ago
https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/ https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/
swat535 1y ago
Brave runs of Chromium, it's the same thing as Chrome.. Manifest V3 will eventually be implemented.
burnte 1y ago
[flagged]
- travoc 1y ago
  Really? I turned off the crypto buttons once several years ago and it’s been just fine since.
- triyambakam 1y ago
  Shields can be turned off right from the url bar as needed.
  - burnte 1y ago
    Yeah, if I want to turn it off manually for literally every site. I don't find that helpful.
    - triyambakam 1y ago
      Why would you want them off for every site? That's one of the main benefits to using Brave
      - burnte 1y ago
        Because I prefer another tool for that. That's why I'm complaining I can't REALLY turn it off.
        triyambakam 1y ago
        But then why use Brave...?
- rustcleaner 1y ago
  >Brendan Eich's hateful hands LOL California Proposition 8 was pretty mainstream opinion back then. Maybe stop with the ex post facto persecution?

Haven't missed Chrome once since switching to https://brave.com/ https://brave.com/

by pnw 1y ago

Haven't missed Chrome once since switching to https://brave.com/ https://brave.com/

Of all the browsers you could be using, giving your data away to sketchy crypto bros should really not be at the top of the list.

Supermancho 1y ago
It's the top of the list because it works so well. I forget it's a different browser most of the time. I was able to turn off everything extraneous that I was concerned about. Brave is also Open Sourced.
- deleted 1y ago
  [deleted]
bung 1y ago
Might as well edit and add some suggestions
- homebrewer 1y ago
  Maybe take a look at Vivaldi, it's a continuation of the old Opera, with basically the same development team. It's the most user-friendly and configurable option at this moment, they're very responsive to feedback, and are the only organization that doesn't have some horrible privacy violations in the past (maybe excluding Apple, I don't know and don't care, 90% of users on this planet can't run Safari). Also they are in Norway if you care about that sort of thing. It's not FOSS, though, at least for now.
bigstrat2003 1y ago
I really don't care about crypto stuff. If you do, I can understand why that's a dealbreaker for you. But for me, it doesn't matter at all. I just turn the crypto features off and continue on my way.
- asadotzler 1y ago
  It's not about the feature. It's about the people who built the feature. "Sure they sold a car that blows up at 75 mph, but I never drive over 60 so I trust them."
esskay 1y ago
The crypto part is an optional thing, which takes a split second to turn off - thats it. Once its off you are basically running chrome without the google call home, and with a built in adblocker unaffected by manifest v3. It's also opensource so it's not like theres anything being hidden here.

Supermancho 1y ago

Not being able to run Twitch on it has me switch for brief periods.

bung 1y ago
You're personally unable to look at twitch on it?
- Supermancho 1y ago
  The adblock causes a twitch stream error. I can watch until the first ad. This is annoying, so I switch to vanilla chrome.
  - heraldgeezer 1y ago
    You can turn off the adblock per site. Do you even try to use software you are using? Click shield icon and turn off...
    - Supermancho 1y ago
      > Do you even try to use software you are using? GL with whatever.
      - heraldgeezer 1y ago
        [flagged]
sundarurfriend 1y ago
Heh, funny, Twitch was the primary reason I installed Brave because it was being glitchy on Firefox (at the time years ago - no longer the case). I've never had trouble with Twitch on Brave.
deryilz 1y ago
From my experience (as a Brave user), using a User-Agent switching extension and setting it to Firefox for twitch.tv gets around that :)

rollcat 1y ago

It's the same Blink engine underneath. Talk about lipstick. I'm not aware of a Blink-based browser that isn't dropping manifest V2. That would be a soft fork, and wouldn't survive long.

CharlesW 1y ago
https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/
- eviks 1y ago
  > When Google removes MV2 extensions from Chrome Web Store, they will be disabled for Brave users as well, except for these 4 supported extensions. Oh, thanks, welcome news! Wish Vivaldi did the same
- rollcat 1y ago
  I'm eager to find out how long that will survive. (No sarcasm, just being realistic.)
bigstrat2003 1y ago
The point is you don't need to worry about manifest v3 interfering with ad blockers, because Brave has an ad blocker built into the browser. Also makes it a good Chromium-based option for mobile, since you can't install extensions on Chrome mobile at all.

CharlesW 1y ago

In the "cons" column, Brave is still a for-profit and has a bunch of features that continue to give some people the ick. In the "pros" column, there's a bunch of "how to debloat Brave" content showing how to improve the default kitchen-sink confifguration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6cKFliWW6Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6cKFliWW6Q

pnw 1y ago
I do turn off the wallet, VPN, AI and other bloat, but it's a minor inconvenience for a better browser.
- pxoe 1y ago
  That's an absurd amount of tuning to make a browser acceptable to use. What you're saying is that it's unusable as is out of the box.
  - esskay 1y ago
    It takes less than a minute, one time. "tuning" really isn't the word here, it's literally flicking a couple of toggles and you're done.
  - pnw 1y ago
    It's literally a handful of options on the settings page.

nh43215rgb 1y ago

https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/ https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/

swat535 1y ago

Brave runs of Chromium, it's the same thing as Chrome.. Manifest V3 will eventually be implemented.

burnte 1y ago

[flagged]

travoc 1y ago
Really? I turned off the crypto buttons once several years ago and it’s been just fine since.
triyambakam 1y ago
Shields can be turned off right from the url bar as needed.
- burnte 1y ago
  Yeah, if I want to turn it off manually for literally every site. I don't find that helpful.
  - triyambakam 1y ago
    Why would you want them off for every site? That's one of the main benefits to using Brave
    - burnte 1y ago
      Because I prefer another tool for that. That's why I'm complaining I can't REALLY turn it off.
      - triyambakam 1y ago
        But then why use Brave...?
rustcleaner 1y ago
>Brendan Eich's hateful hands LOL California Proposition 8 was pretty mainstream opinion back then. Maybe stop with the ex post facto persecution?