Nick @ The Linux ExperimentI took a look at the major web browsers, and how they handle user privacy, from blocking tracking scripts, cookies and pixels, blocking ads, to the data they collect, and how they resist fingerprinting.
So, here are the results:
YouTube
Dan Shick@thelinuxEXP “here are the results: (YouTube link)” to me means “I have the results but I’ve hidden them as tiny packets all over this shopping center!”
Kainoa @thelinuxEXP I'm really disappointed that you would give brave the time of day, let alone recommend it. The CEO of their company is extremely homophobic, going as far as to donate a lot of money to anti-LGBTQ organizations. What makes it worse is Brave is entirely for-profit, with their built in cryptocurrency system and the option to show "good" ads, so by using brave, you're contributing to the problem.
Essem 
@kainoa @thelinuxEXP I received an unsolicited ad in the mail from Brave about a year or two ago, I still keep it on my desk as a reminder of why Brave is an awful company/browser
@thelinuxEXP @esm obviously it's your channel and I can't force you to do anything, but I ask that you please revise that video, taking into account the companies and motives behind the browsers as well.
@kainoa I didn’t know about their CEO, I’ll look into it!
Being for profit isn’t a problem IMO, but as mentioned in the video, I don’t like their approach based on crypto
@thelinuxEXP being for profit isn't the problem, but using that profit to harm marginalized groups is.
David Fleetwood@kainoa @thelinuxEXP Very much this Brave will never get my support as by supporting them I am supporting harm to others.
Grant 🇺🇦ArmUkraine🇺🇦@thelinuxEXP I've tried using others, but can't break my Firefox habit. Even back in my windows days it was Firefox after Netscape! Going to try out LibreWolf on your recommendation :)
RushLana@thelinuxEXP Fox :
Another comment already mentioned it but
Brave is not a web browser you should recommend, the CEO of the for-profit that run brave is biggoted to no ends ( Homophobia, covid denialism, Election denial, etc.. )
Also brave tool and AI is very skewed in favor of Alt-right talking point.
Here is an article of the NyTimes on it
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/business/media/ai-chatbots-right-wing-conservative.html
@Lana Yeah, I didn’t know about that, but I’ll definitely not recommend it again. Their CEO is truly awful...
@thelinuxEXP Fox :
I don't want to sound entiltled but in the current political landscape where the kind of disinformation brave produce can lead to people losing rights and maybe more, it would be very kind to repload a modified video with a warning on brave.
I can't possibly understand the cost it would represent for you, so if you can't afford to repload maybe try to put up and something in the comment.
Thanks for your understanding.
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Hill@thelinuxEXP and you posted this on youtube 😂
@akahenryhill Teaching people about privacy on a platform that’s only used by people who already know everything wouldn’t make much sense 😅
Mr.Fox@thelinuxEXP thank you Mr.Nick. You opened my eyes about #browsers, but how about search engines?
@mrfoxh I talked about them a lot a few months ago already :)
Apan@thelinuxEXP
1. Librewolf
2. Brave
3. Mullvad Browser
In my opinion.
But the browser on android is more of an problem. Mull is the best i've used there but it isn't great.
BLÅHAJ Ketos@Apan @thelinuxEXP using Mull Browser (a hardened Firefox fork) as well on mobile. It pairs especially well with Firefox Add-ons like Ublock Origin and NoScript.
@ketos @thelinuxEXP Mull is no longer being developed.
Cocaine Owlbear@thelinuxEXP I knew I was right to like Vivaldi. I wish their UI wasn't proprietary, but other than that it's a good browser that helps with privacy, has a lot of customization options and power user tools, and isn't tangled up in crypto nonsense. I've been a fan since they were in beta.
Now if we could just get them to put out a flatpak...
Darren Gregory@thelinuxEXP I've been using Brave for a few years and really like it but reading here that the CEO is a massive nobber I'm tempted to move. I have used Firefox back in the day so I am thinking maybe Librewolf?
@gredawarha Librewolf is a very good choice, yeah!
@thelinuxEXP Installed it earlier, so far it is going well.
Rafa Campoamor 🇪🇺🌹@thelinuxEXP I know you are a Linux channel, but I’ve miss a Safari opinion as well. As a Mac user struggling between privacy and convenience it’s a topic I’m really interested in
@rafacampoamor Safari isn’t cross platform, so I didn’t include it :)
@thelinuxEXP I understand. I just mind your opinions and would like to know about Safari 😊
ZeStig 
@thelinuxEXP @rafacampoamor is it as private as it claims?
ZeStig
Gianmarco Gargiulo@thelinuxEXP at the end of the video you completely ignored LibreWolf which is honestly way more private than Vivaldi even according to privacytests.org, you also never talked about the Mullvad Browser which is a good contender that compares a lot to both LibreWolf and the Tor Browser, not to mention also that you didn't bother to discourage any contribution to Google's browser engine monopoly which you kind of low key pointed out in the intro.
@gianmarcogg03 I already talked at length about the Google monopoly in other videos on the same playlist, and we were talking about browser privacy there, not monopolies :) As per LibreWolf, I talked about it in the video, I don’t really see the issue…
@thelinuxEXP I think it's important for people to not contribute to Google's monopoly also to prevent privacy and security issues, for example imagine if a zero-day or gets discovered on Chrome, that means almost all browsers have it, or how about the Manifest v3 issue? On the second point, you ignored LibreWolf for the final recommendations and I think that's a bit of a disservice to both users (it doesn't heavily impact usability like, say, the Tor Browser) and their developers.
./zekenator@thelinuxEXP i would never use brave. They are so shady. For me regular browsing is done with firefox because i absolutely refuse to use anything based on chromium. I will not take part in the Google monopoly. For more secure web browsing i use mullvad browser paired with its paid vpn
@Zekenator_von95 @thelinuxEXP as unfortunate as it seems, I've long had the notion that the Brave company would start turning into Google at some point :(
@Zekenator_von95 @[email protected] as unfortunate as it seems, I've long had the notion that the Brave company would start turning into Google at some point :(