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Why not Brave and Alternative to Brave. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Harry_h0udini@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/foss@beehaw.org

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I've been seeing a lot of people hate and uninstall Brave. Why? It's not like they're tracking us or doing anything else shady. If so, what's the privacy alternative?

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[–] mushvey@mastodon.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@hyperspace @Harry_h0udini

A large part is also that it's Chromium based. I agree about the features, the first thing I do with Firefox is go around and disable all the random stuff they've added (eg: pocket)

[–] hyperspace@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

A large part is also that it's Chromium based.
Ah right, I forgot about that. It's a valid argument.