good, now it can go fuck itself without google's interference
this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2025
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While continuing to use their own proxies to send your data to google.
Is Brave browser the cryptocoin crap browser? I think I've used it for a short time about 2 years ago, before moving to Vivaldi and later Firefox.
Cool I guess. But I still find Brave to be a sketchy organization with how they have done some of their schemes to make money over the years. So will continue to avoid anything they make.
Firefox can be installed from Mozilla and managed by Obtainium. Much better option all the way around.
Go ahead all you want. I'll never install Brave because it's chromium based and because of their leadership and their choices.
What do you use? I struggle to not have at least one chromium variant installed for work purposes - I feel like half my jobs' apps or sites don't work in Firefox.
graphene os + vanadium is secure and private. Still chromium based though.
I have ungoogled-chromium installed just in case, but have yet to actually require it.
If you have to use something chromium based just use chromium or Vivaldi if you like something more customized.
At least ime they both work fine. but no one can really tell you what you should use. I avoid brave hard because I trust Peter Theil less than I would trust an addict to give me back the 100$ I loaned them.
I currently use Vivaldi but I guess I was getting the impression that using chromium in any form was a no-no.
Would this work for those sites? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome-mask/
Sadly it seems to be a JavaScript or CSS engine issue :(
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i used this piece of crap on windows, and theres always a small brave.exe running in the background even when you disable background running. i have no abiloty to prove its spyware, but doesnt strike confidence.
also we have cromite, librewolf, ironfox, why would i install this crap?
probably an update service. all browsers do it on windows because the os doesn't handle updates.
LibreWolf does not exist on Android?
Not in name, but by all means the idea does.
Iron fox is great.
Was my first impression.
However, it is maybe a bit excessively prohibitive in it's attempts to provide privacy/security.
And there are a few issues that leave some privacy options wide open for some reason.
To the 1st point, they use a couple dozen different blocklists, using uBlock. Those default lists block sites that can test your browser for security and privacy vulnerability. Eg one of the most used and ubiquitous sites: browserleaks.org is blocked.
Which brings me to 2nd point.
I always check webrtc for leaks. In Mozilla/Firefox builds that is media.peerconnection.enabled in about:config.
In the plethora of blocklists used by ironfox two are conspicuously left unchecked: block webrtc and unbreak webrtc.
And, for whatever reasoning, in about config, yep, peerconnection is enabled. As is webgl.
Maybe I don't get out much, but I have never experienced an issue with any website that required webrtc, webgl, or wrbgpu be enabled. (They are each significant attack surfaces and each leak data you didn't know was being leaked)
I'm not using iron fox to use teams or make a video call. There is zero reason for it.
And blocking sites that check these has me maybe a little cautious on it really being the thing it says it is.
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YSK: Brendan Eich left Mozilla over his own homophobic beliefs. He is also a coronavirus denier.
Brave is homophobic Chrome with crypto on top
Fuck Brave. Just use Firefox.
That's not even the full extent of his homophobia. He also made donations to a politician who said that AIDS is a great thing and will purge the world of gay people.
He also gave an interview about the whole being pressured to leave Mozilla thing, and said he was disappointed in how intolerant of his beliefs Mozilla staff were once they became public knowledge.
Yes, you read that right, a man who wanted to strip gay people of their rights cried about fucking intolerance towards him. Clown.
And they tried to steal money while claiming it was donations for content creators.
Yes, honestly the most damning thing they've done, selling out their own users
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I could hate JavaScript for free, I'm very thankful Brendan gave me an extra reason
I never liked Brave tbh, something about it felt sketchy with all the crypto stuff
And he inflicted JavaScript upon the world, completely wrecking the World Wide Web. Fucker should burn in Hell for that, let alone the other stuff!
A good enough reason to ignore Brave tbqh
why i use vivaldi
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Brave has a good marketing team.
I gave Brave a try back in the early days. The Brave wallet was useless and something I didn't wanted. There wasn't much to differentiate it from Chrome back then on desktop. On mobile, it has built in Adblock but that's it. Vivaldi, IMO, bundles in more features for a Chromium based browser.
Either case, I have been on Firefox for multiple years now despite it's own issues. uBlock Origin is properly supported on it (both desktop and mobile). I think FF(nightly version or Iceraven, a FF fork) is the only browser that allows sideloading of extensions on mobile. Chromium based browsers are way behind in this regard.
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That is great. Been using Brave for years.
i used Vivaldi because it's good & has built in adblocker/tracker blocker that i can customize the hell out of it with tons of custom filter
I wish Firefox would do this. I'm stubbornly always favoring it for a non-Chromium browser
fennec is on f-droid.
To add to the others, Fennec is a fantastic replacement and has extension support.
Also heard good things about LibreWolf. Mull had some buggy behaviours I couldn't seem to configure away from so I guess YMMV, but that was my experience.
Have you tried Obtanium? Allows to download and update from github, among other sources. There's even a site with source configs that's very helpful, and includes firefox.
https://apps.obtainium.imranr.dev/
Alternatively, Fennec is basically firefox and it's on f-droid.
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