sanitationBrave is charging $60 to remove features it added in the first place
yestalgiaI read the article.
But also I’m out of the lool on why ppl hate Brave. Can someone clue me in?
Is there a better cross-platform browser? I like to use the same one across devices.
I don’t have a strong opinion on brave, but here’s some reasons I can think of:
- cryptocoin shit
- based on chromium (so using this instead of firefox, for example, increases google’s hegemony – and this is true: even though chromium is open source, google completely controls its direction)
- CEO is a homophobe
- scammy business practices like inserting affiliate codes in urls
And this is just the stuff that I know from the top of my head. I don’t particularly care about this topic, so I’m sure there’s more. Although, having written all this out, I can sense that my opinion of Brave has worsened significantly.
Isn’t it open source ? Can someone build a fork with all of this shit removed ?
The CEO is a POS and has ties to other rich unsavory people
In the past they have done money grabs. It’s been quite a while now.
They still run their own ad network and search engine, They’re definitely down to sell you out if you let them.
If you never sign up for the crypto, or use the VPN, and remove the buttons, it won’t hurt you.
If you run a plugin you can remove their newtab / default page
If you change the settings you can move off their search.
it is open source github.com/brave/brave-core
The only thing you’re getting out of them that’s above any other de-googled option is their anti-fingerprinting which is a little better than the others.
The other reason you’d run them is because they have a paid development staff blocking Youtube ads and they’re not doing it at the plugin level, so it’ll likely outlast the plugin models in Youtube’s race to piss people off.
In the end, if you’re in it for the paid blocking, doesn’t hurt to pay them something if you’re turning off all the stuff they’re using to make money on you.
If you’re in it for any other reason, there are literally dozens of forks you could use that give you the same experience that aren’t trying to sell you as their product.
In the end, if you’re in it for the paid blocking, doesn’t hurt to pay them something
Well other than the LGBTQ community that the CEO funds legislation against, but they don’t really matter /s
It’s based on Chromium, which is open source. It IS the fork.