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?

  • sculd@beehaw.org
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    1. Say no to chromium. Use Firefox and its forks. Even Safari (webkit) maybe a better choice to support a healthy web environment.

    2. Say no to crypto. I hope I don’t need to explain this one. If you have to use Chromium browsers for whatever reasons, use Vivaldi.

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      I think it’s better to phrase the crypto part differently. Because crypto is a great tool for privacy, while Brave’s crypto crap is just annoying.

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      since we’re on the FOSS community, I’d recommend using Ungoogled Chromium since Vivaldi isn’t fully open source.

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        Ungoogled Chromium is a great choice. I just hope it can auto update itself. 😅

        Also I once encountered an anti-virus programme miscategorize Ungoogled Chromium as malware. It can be annoying for those uninitiated.