What's wrong with Brave browser?

https://lemmy.world/post/40893728

What's wrong with Brave browser? - Lemmy.World

I use it because it has a built in adblocker, and well it just works. There is some crypto bullfuck and AI shit you can easily opt out off, and some talk about some CEO making homophobic comments.

Ahh yes. Brave the bloated browser with very dodgy behaviour. You get a chrome fork with crypto shit, leaky VPN, ridiculously bad search, and a full blown ad engine that hijacks your notifications and tracks you in an ‘anonymized’ way. FUCK.THAT.SHIT.

Not to be antagonistic, but

  • chrome fork - much of the browser world is this
  • crypto shit - opt in not mandatory
  • leaky VPN - opt in not mandatory
  • bad search - opt in not mandatory
  • ad engine - opt in not mandatory

So, basically, it’s a chrome fork, and some people prefer chrome based browsers, so it’s purely preference?

You know what’s better than that?

The browser world that’s not a chrome fork, and not full of crypto and AI SHIT

Waterfox, Librewolf, Ironfox, Fennec, Ladybird, etc

Is ladybird even out? I saw something about it but I thought looking it up got me to something about it being set for some release this next year?
Still in very early alpha
Suggesting “very early alpha” software as a viable alternative is part of the problem.
Good news, all the rest aren’t, they’ve been around for aeons