mhoyeIf you're switching to Firefox this week, I collected a list of the team's favourite hidden features back when I worked there:
https://exple.tive.org/blarg/2020/10/25/navigational-instruments/
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱@mhoye Interesting. Saved for later. I recently tried to 'transition' to FF and then went back to Brave. Probs need your tips...
Ruweg 🇳🇱🐺@bytebro @mhoye
I would not trust Brave. Their founder has backed anti-gay laws, which is already reprehensible.
The browser itself supports crypto, replaces ads (a security risk), and at one point injected affiliate links.
For a browser focusing on privacy, the latter two are massive red flags.
Here's a full article giving the rundown: https://www.spacebar.news/p/stop-using-brave-browser
king toot uncommon@randomwolfguy @bytebro @mhoye also the guy behind it invented (shudder) JavaScript, in case those other facts don't scare you enough
@capn_b @randomwolfguy @mhoye Hah! I'm aware of the feelings of many about the person behind Brave, of course. I've naturally disabled all the telemetry, 'news' and crypto nonsense in Brave. It's still one of the few browsers to rid me of all the advertising cruft on YouTube, for example, out of the box.
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@bytebro @randomwolfguy @mhoye hotswapping ads is such a violation of your trust though. I just couldn't.
@bytebro @randomwolfguy @mhoye that doesn't make me more inclined to trust it, given that many of the concerns about the browser are about what's going on behind the scenes