@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!

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@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?