Privacy GuidesInteresting new strategy from Brave...
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David@privacyguides I’d rather pay than deal with crap in my software, so I’m fine with this. I already paid for Orion (though even the unpaid version of that browser doesn’t have any crap in it). This will actually get me to use Brave again.
Murat@freeagent uhhhh librewolf?
@Yama Librewolf breaks a bunch of stuff and is too annoying for me to daily drive between that, no easy cross-device syncing, and no auto-updating.
@freeagent ya resist fingerprinting breaks a few stuff, so i just disabled it. not a big deal.
you can still use firefox sync.
ya if your distro doesnt have it in their repo, thats a bit annoying. its in AUR, chaotic and cachy, so not an issue for me.
dallo@privacyguides
Nah I will still encourage to boycott it.
Nah I will still encourage to boycott it.
Sam
Scott Wilson@privacyguides How much is the version that strips out all the homo- and trans-phobia?
Jonah Aragon 
@scottwilson free at https://zen-browser.app
Chad McCullough
lem@scottwilson @privacyguides wait what do you mean? how do they have transphobia and homophobia???
Celinho@privacyguides I will use brave until @servo is functional. 🤗
Voxel@privacyguides Source? + There were "leaks" on GitHub many months ago that they were working on a Premium version of the browser. However, I didn't expect it to be "buy yourself free from enshitification".
For everyone who don't want to waste their money: https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/360039248271-Group-Policy
I will soon™ publish a template for Linux on Codeberg which I have been using personally; for other platforms see the link above.
@voxel source is I just downloaded the beta on macOS https://laptop-updates.brave.com/latest/origin
edit: and https://account.brave.com/?intent=checkout&product=origin
Kevin Karhan@privacyguides doesn't change that #Brave is done by some questionable guy and doesn't come close to @torproject / #TorBrowser…
Fossman@kkarhan @privacyguides @torproject For most use cases - especially for nontechnical people, a built-in ad/tracker blocker is more useful than IP obfuscation.
I don't agree with their politics as well but afaik @brave is still the ONLY cross-platform FOSS web browser that comes with ad/tracker blocking by default and a non-Big Tech search engine.
Meanwhile @torproject is opposed to shipping a built-in ad blocker.
I had high hopes for #Midori by @astian but looks like they're not cross platform yet.
#webbrowser #BraveBrowser #TorBrowser #adblock #adblocking #ublockorigin #FreeSoftware #OpenSource
Astian, Inc@opensourceopenmind @kkarhan @privacyguides @torproject @brave Thank you, we are working on it, we hope to be on Flathub in the next few hours, Midori also includes Tor browsing and we are improving all of this.
@astian @opensourceopenmind @privacyguides @torproject #Midori supoorting #Tor sounds good.
Certainly it doesn't hurt!
Kevin Karhan (@[email protected])
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] except that's not true. @[email protected] includes #uBlickOrigin and @[email protected] are just unbereable by being just another #Chromium - #Fork run by an *Anti-"#DEI"* Cringelord whom shall not be empowered! - Consider @[email protected] …
@astian @kkarhan @privacyguides @torproject @brave That's nice to hear. Sadly, the Android version development appears to have stalled...?
@opensourceopenmind @kkarhan @privacyguides @torproject @brave No, we are only working on our own tools to disassociate ourselves from No, we are only working on our own tools to disassociate ourselves from Mozilla, Our own Sync, completely open source without relying externals, we're stabilizing the desktop and then moving to mobile and integrating it
@astian @kkarhan @privacyguides @torproject @brave Well, when #MidoriBrowser becomes truly cross-platform and available on all of the major operating systems, I hope to be able to say one day:
Just use Midori.
since it's already FOSS + has ad/tracker blocking + non-Big-Tech search engine.
@opensourceopenmind @kkarhan @privacyguides @torproject @brave Well at the moment we're on Windows, Linux and Android we're only missing Well at the moment we are on Windows, Linux and Android we only have two left ❤️😍🤤
@opensourceopenmind @kkarhan @privacyguides @torproject @brave We recommend using the Midori Browser and providing feedback to help us continue improving. https://astian.org/midori-browser
@kkarhan @opensourceopenmind @privacyguides @torproject If you want to test the connection to Tor please use version 11.6.4 A user detected a bug in version 11.6.5 and we are running it but in 11.6.4 it works very well in our repo you can find it and well let's receive your feedback and your star in the repo https://github.com/goastian/midori-desktop
@astian @opensourceopenmind @privacyguides except that's not true.
@torproject includes #uBlickOrigin and @brave are just unbereable by being just another #Chromium - #Fork run by an Anti-"#DEI" Cringelord whom shall not be empowered!
- Consider @Waterfox …
@kkarhan @astian @privacyguides @torproject @brave @Waterfox I used to think that #TorBrowser had #ublockorigin too, but it was me who put it there and forgot. They say clearly here:
> we are also generally opposed to shipping an always-on Ad blocker with Tor Browser.
https://2019.www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#philosophy
Regardless of their reasoning, the web is unbrowsable without an ad/tracker blocker, even a tracker blocker like @privacybadger would help.
I love and use Firefox and forks, but cross-platform and #sanedefaults are necessary to for normies. You and I can configure adons not everyone.
For myself I use #Firefox and change the horrible defaults to my liking, but for a nontechnical grandparent who will run back to #Chrome/#Edge if I say install an extension and change the search engine, or if I say use #Librewolf on desktop but #Fennec on mobile, I only have to say:
Just. Use. Brave.
Doesn't matter the device. Sound defaults.
Btw, I share your sentiment about the Chromium base, and I certainly don't support their political views. So why is it so difficult for another project to win on technical merit?
@opensourceopenmind @kkarhan @privacyguides @torproject @brave @Waterfox @privacybadger Consider using Midori, we also have much lighter ad blocker which compressed Ublock weighs 172KB
@opensourceopenmind @kkarhan @privacyguides @torproject @brave @Waterfox @privacybadger Although Midori has AI options disabled by default for the time being, Midori and those capable of security and privacy, we are the only browser that combats promt injection and other threats on AI. This is for non-technical users, although well, technicians can also benefit. 🙂
@opensourceopenmind @kkarhan @privacyguides @torproject @brave @astian
@Vivaldi does have its own built-in ad/tracker blocker, as well. And it gets better with each new release. Still not 100% Open Source but I do hope that changes in the future.
@Vivaldi does have its own built-in ad/tracker blocker, as well. And it gets better with each new release. Still not 100% Open Source but I do hope that changes in the future.
Korbs@privacyguides Pay? To remove stuff? Questionable, as usual, Brave is always questionable.
@korbs @privacyguides Actually, the crypto + brave ads stuff are disabled by default.
Olivier@privacyguides takes courage
Hakuso@privacyguides
They were sus from the jump, nottrusting them totrn off the creep for a few bucks.
They were sus from the jump, nottrusting them totrn off the creep for a few bucks.
zakius@privacyguides I'd gladly pay for a good browser
but chromium with a new icon is not a good browser
but chromium with a new icon is not a good browser
Scorpion8741@privacyguides To which URL does this screenshot belong?
Mochi@privacyguides Brave is shady as hell, founded by Brendan Eich, a homophobic prick. I'd never give them a single penny, or even use it for free. Librewolf is a wonderful browser for daily use, and Tor for private browsing. On mobile I like Iceraven the most.