Privacy GuidesInteresting new strategy from Brave...
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 @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?
Astian, Inc@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. 🙂