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  • Turret3857@infosec.pubtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•not very braveEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Some don’t care about the ceo of their tech products

    and some do, and will regard those that don’t care as people who can’t be bothered to advocate for the less privileged through minuscule actions.

    And being based on Chrome means it supports more websites.

    already gave a list of alternatives that use the chromium engine in this thread.

    for many it’s just their definition of the lesser of two evils

    Again, welcome to have that opinion. Doesn’t change the fact that other people are impacted by an individual’s decision and they will base their judgements of the individual on those impacts.

  • Turret3857@infosec.pubtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•not very braveEnglish
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    3 days ago

    On Android I can say Cromite handles lots of tabs pretty well, I forget to close them so I currently have the “:D” icon instead of a number.

    I’m happy to hear the response was good, ive had my share of people on lemmy just dismissing whatever is said so it is nice to hear its appreciated.

    Floorp isn’t my jam but I do find it interesting. Despite my bitching I believe they’re trying to go for something similar to default brave but with more UI customization (and less crypto and paid services). I tried it out a couple years ago before Firefox had the sidebar option, but Floorp did have a sidebar. I was kinda curious about having a sidebar but it wasnt for me.

  • Turret3857@infosec.pubtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•not very braveEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Is the browser bad, or is the creator of the browser bad?

    They’re both bad.

    CEO has been discussed ad infinitum so, here’s why I dont like the browser and feel it is bad:

    Its a bloated version of chromium. Its got too many stupid fucking settings you need to turn off to have a halfway decent experience. Examples include (but are not limited to) autofill, brave wallet, brave AI, brave sidebar, braves proxy search engine, that weird brave triangle crypto rewards icon

    In addition to that, it’s also chromium based. You are using a browser that supports googles monopoly on the internet.

    You can very easily use Cromite (multiplat), Ungoogled Chromium (Desktop), or Vandium (GrapheneOS) if you need a chromium based browser for work or some edge case, and in my experience they feel a lot lighter and faster by default. Cromite has even developed extension support for Android, which to my knowledge is the only chromium based android browser to do so.

    If you dont have one of those edge cases, why even support googles monopoly on internet traffic if you don’t need to? LibreWolf, Mullvad Browser, Waterfox, Celenitys Pheonix, IronFox, Tor, Fennec, Floorp so on and so fourth exist. They’re all fantastic, and they cover pretty much every workflow and threat model.