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I use Brave as a backup browser. My main one is Firefox.
You can turn off the crypto stuff. You don't have to use Brave Shields (in browser ad blocker). It can be turned off. Now you can use uBlock Origin or another ad blocker.
About the CEO, I can't see nothing about his beliefs reflecting in his work. Looks like he kept them separated. I'm not for said beliefs.
That you can is besides the point. You shouldn’t need to. If the first thing I need to think about after installing it is “well, let’s see what garbage is in here that I need to turn off”, then any trust I would have for it has already gone out the window. Especially important odor a browser where that is kind of the main differentiating aspect.
Firefox has telemetry. You can opt out and delete it, but by that logic it shouldn't be trusted either. Also, I doubt people who really care about privacy don't harden firefox. Being able to is not besides the point.
By that logic, Firefox would be in the same boat. After initially installing, you have to turn off data collection in the settings and disable Pocket in the config.
There's a degoogled chromium you can use as backup if you like.
Here's the links for all who care.
https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium-windows
Building a browser from source every security update sucks.
It's just a normal application??
I use Arch and Debian and I don't think I ever had to build ungoogled chromium from source before (unless I wanted to, which I didn't).
The AUR binary is newish (1yr old).
It wasn't there last time I gave ungoogled-chromium a shot.
Thats what I use and it's great.
I use brave as my backup in windows and linux. And my default for Android to sync bookmarks.
Firefox android experience have always been subpar for me even without Darkreader which is known to slow down the browser in Android.
Why use a product that pays a bad actor tho?
There are other options, free options.
By using his product you're contributing to his political views. You know that though, don't you...
By that logic. You can't use nothing who going against your beliefs. That's impossible, because you can't know every company beliefs.
But you can make changes once damning information is discovered or attempt to research products and services to try and minimize your own impact on others suffering.
Yeah you're exactly what capitalism wants you to be. It's pretty sad. Poor guy.
They do this with the goal to replace the tracking and ad network with their own. The article points out several instances where they've done this.
I'm an Eastern European and I support LGBT people, because I'm one of them. Why are you talking as if you're speaking for all Eastern Europeans?
It's not really right wing. It's just anti type of human. You can be a conservative without the deep desire to suppress a type of person or lifestyle.
You sound like you might be one of those folks who's fallen for the propaganda that conservatism is about "tradition" or "caution" or "moderation" or whatever. Please allow me to disabuse you of that misconception. Conservatism has always been about maintaining social hierarchy by working to marginalize groups of "others."
Love this, super enlightening!
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Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
I hate Brave quite enough for purely technical and business model reasons. The shitty political views of the CEO are just an added anti-bonus.