If you are keen on personal privacy, you might have come across Brave Browser. Brave is a Chromium-based browser that promises to deliver privacy with built-in ad-blocking and content-blocking protection. It also offers several quality-of-life features and services, like a VPN and Tor access. I mean, it’s even listed on the reputable PrivacyTools website. Why am I telling you to steer clear of this browser, then?

  • legion02@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    The CEO of brave is a homophobic bigot if that helps push anyone over the edge for changing their browser. It was the last straw for me.

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      3 months ago

      That pretty much does it, yes. Staying away from brave.

      Edit: that Netscape team, holy fuck, Andreesen also came from that cesspool, what a fucking drudge of parasites.

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        3 months ago

        You do know that Firefox is essentially Netscape rebooted, right?

        Also I don’t really know what you are trying to say here. Netscape was definitely a better option than Internet Explorer.

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      That was the headliner reason for me.

      The rest was just ‘Alright, it isn’t enough this guy is a piece of shit, he’s pushing a shitty product.’

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        3 months ago

        Especially when the alternative they were considering was having Scheme in the browser.

    • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      God damnit.

      Every browser I switched to since Firefox has been a good user experience, and then I find out some horrible bullshit.

      Is there any safe browser that isn’t run by hateful assholes?

    • ⛧ ⚧ Baphomet ⚧ ⛧@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      Probably also has some right wing bias as well. That’s probably one of the reasons they included goggles in Brave search for right wing content.