The brave criticisms you see are mostly hot takes about crypto(icrypto jokes are super coool as of '20) but brave(foss) is as good or better than Firefox, IE or safari in terms of privacy.
Firefox can nearly match that privacy with their options, but if you like brave, easier to stick with that.
Part of it comes down to trust. I just don’t trust Brave Inc long term - it may well be a private browser now but I don’t trust that in to the future. I don’t trust a company that Peter Thiel invests in. I don’t trust a company that has already been shady and caught redirecting traffic secretly for referrer codes. But I also don’t trust Google or Microsoft either.
I trust Firefox and Mozilla. I don’t like that they are dependent on Google revenue but I trust that they’re open and transparent about what they do, and not motivated or compromised by a desire to maximise profits for their venture capitalist investors.
Ah, thank you, distrusting Peter thiel is at least tangentially relevant and certainly understandable(thiel-creepy brave-trustworthy?)
I would choose Firefox before ie or safari, but Firefox also sells personalized ads and tracks your keystrokes.
I like foss, and I like smaller companies. When another privacy-based browser comes along after brave sells its soul or gets too popular, I’ll support them too.
Until then, brave is doing pretty good privacy-wise, especially compared to the mainstream alts.
Not at all.
The brave criticisms you see are mostly hot takes about crypto(icrypto jokes are super coool as of '20) but brave(foss) is as good or better than Firefox, IE or safari in terms of privacy.
Firefox can nearly match that privacy with their options, but if you like brave, easier to stick with that.
Part of it comes down to trust. I just don’t trust Brave Inc long term - it may well be a private browser now but I don’t trust that in to the future. I don’t trust a company that Peter Thiel invests in. I don’t trust a company that has already been shady and caught redirecting traffic secretly for referrer codes. But I also don’t trust Google or Microsoft either.
I trust Firefox and Mozilla. I don’t like that they are dependent on Google revenue but I trust that they’re open and transparent about what they do, and not motivated or compromised by a desire to maximise profits for their venture capitalist investors.
Ah, thank you, distrusting Peter thiel is at least tangentially relevant and certainly understandable(thiel-creepy brave-trustworthy?)
I would choose Firefox before ie or safari, but Firefox also sells personalized ads and tracks your keystrokes.
I like foss, and I like smaller companies. When another privacy-based browser comes along after brave sells its soul or gets too popular, I’ll support them too.
Until then, brave is doing pretty good privacy-wise, especially compared to the mainstream alts.
Is this in reference to sponsored content on the new tab page?
Telemetry? Or something else?
Yes and yes, you got it
brave has already sold its soul to crypto companies
and it does nothing that firefox with extensions can’t do
Haha, crypto hate but at least equal browsing abilities with major browsers.
I totally agree.
do you think crypto is good or something
I like crypto, but I feel much more strongly about It being a ridiculous reason to not like a browser.
it has a lot of sketchy business practices and is a mediocre browser at best
You make a vague, boring claim with neither evidence nor sources.
https://www.spacebar.news/p/stop-using-brave-browser
So crypto hate and the author doesn’t personally like Brendan eich.
Oh and they will run ads if you let them, like Firefox, ie and Safari.
Not very damning, but thanks for reiterating the spirit of my original comment.
sponsored shortcuts is different than tampering with urls you enter to become referral links
Different routes, same end, sure.