skilledtothegillsThe shady world of Brave selling copyrighted data for AI training
Can anyone recommend a good alternative that works well under Linux and block ads and trackers well? In particular YouTube ads?
Firefox with uBlock Origin has been working well for me, for ads at least. I haven’t looked too much into blocking trackers but I think Firefox has some ability to do that
RookiYeah it has some and if it doesnt work Extensions can help out. As it uses still the v2 manifest. It is just straight up better to use firefox ( or their “children” like librefox ( a bit hardend firefox browser ). It doesnt depending on chromium, its not a big Corporate that is super greedy.
DessertStormsFirefox with uBlock Origin ✔
What about a search engine though?
BraydDuckDuckGo
I used to use it but switched to brave after reading that they lied about tracking.
Any others? (and not the one that requires a subscription, thanks)
Any others? (and not the one that requires a subscription, thanks)
resketrekeStartpage supposedly uses Google's search engine without tracking your ip.
Not heard of them, will check it out, thanks!
That's strange, I use Mullvad VPN and Startpage is my main search engine and It's only given me trouble once. They made me fill a captcha and wait a while in order to be able to use it again, but it was just an our at most.
I read quite a few reviews that said they were having this problem, and I don't really have the kind of patience it takes to wait that long. 😂
Fair enough lol. Just for the record, I've had this problem once in 6 months.
DDG lied about tracking
FWIW though, I think that agreement no longer applies.. I getchu though, on the principle of the matter, assuming they actually lied about it. E.g., if they said, "we don't let any tracking through," without mentioning their deal with Microsoft. If they just said, "we block most trackers," and let people hype it up in their heads though, that's kind of a gray area IMHO.
Fact Check-No deal between DuckDuckGo and Microsoft to track users online
U.S. search engine DuckDuckGo eliminated a gap in its ability to block Microsoft-owned tracking scripts on third-party websites in August 2022, but an outdated headline is being recirculated to suggest that a DuckDuckGo deal exists with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to...
tbf I didn't know about the agreement no longer being relevant, but yeah, like you say it's a grey area and weakens the trust at least some.
If I don't find any better alternative I guess its back to the duck I go...
If I don't find any better alternative I guess its back to the duck I go...
I guess its back to the duck I go...
That's the reality of the situation unfortunately. No infallible heroes, just fifty shades of grey.
Looks like it. Still gonna keep my eye out for an alternative though..
Thorned_RoseDDG also curates/censors/biases the results though.
And even if the company thinks it's for a good reason, they've set themselves a precedent and now we don't know what else they could be curating, censoring or biasing in their search results.
I think that topic got really heated back then. DDG is far more transparent than any other companies and also did a statement regarding this. Besides that it’s still the most private search engine next to Searxng. And SearXNG is less convenient.
That’s also the reason why it is still used within the Tor browser for example.
This is the golden combo in my opinion. uBlock Origin is an excellent adblocker and it works best with Firefox. The built-in privacy features of Firefox are also decent, even when left at the default settings.