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
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)
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a gap in its ability to block Microsoft-owned tracking scripts on third-party websites in August 2022, but an outdated headline is being recirculated to suggest that a DuckDuckGo deal exists with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to...
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.