Windy cityWould you pay for a web browser?
#web #technology #programming #askfedi #chrome #firefox #brave #sysadmin #windows #linux #apple #browser #privacy
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context: I read that Brave is launching a paid version of theirs. One time fee.
CosmicCactus@pheonix Maybe but definitely not for Brave. IMHO might as well use Chromium.
@CosmicCactus @shy_mia my thought process too. If I'm paying for a browser, I'm paying for the removal of bloat, not the addition of some shady crypto-wallet and an ad-network. If the 'Premium' version is just a standard Chromium fork with a few toggles switched off, the value proposition falls apart.
I'd rather pay for a browser that was built from the ground up to respect my CPU's main thread and offers me the knowledge that me supporting them directly helps in keeping the ecosystem alive without any privacy concerns.
Brian Johnson@pheonix @CosmicCactus @shy_mia My immediate thought was, if they're launching a paid version, then what extra crap are they going to force into the free (currently only) version from then on?