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> I happily feel like I’m doing them a disservice
you're doing them the opposite of the disservice by contributing to their usage statistics and helping them establishing a browser engine monopoly.
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@blhue True - but not all users do control all this like you do. The reason you call brave being a thing is almost the reason why Chromium is Chromium as well. What @noodlejetski meant is still valid. When you look at the web statistics - in term of engine (not just browser, it's mainly cosmetic - they interpret the pages the same way.) - you have Chromium engine that is dominating. @blhue @noodlejetski and using Brave to say "I don't want to take part into the Chrome domination" is quite flawed. The problem is not only Chrome, it's also the fact it is abusing the Chromium domination position to dictate what they want. If you switch to Brave or any other Chromium-based browser - this is likely to hit you. @blhue I won't be the one who blames you. Just showing that some alternatives are not really alternatives to some problems. Hiding from them can be complicated, sometime it's okay to give them a little. But this is way too much. @Kerchief7592 Agreed! I almost forgot we were originally discussing their latest, outrageous bid for dominance, Web Environment Integrity. :D |
@noodlejetski @Kerchief7592 @WeiMingKai @thomasfuchs This would be true were I not aware of and tightly control traffic on my network. Well, not the opposite, as giving them a few metrics is not the same as letting them peruse every single thing I go. lol
I run a #pihole on my network and #LittleSnitch on my mac and both work to actively block egress traffic I do not authorize. I blocked all access to google services forever ago. Brave, for example, prompts me for all unauthorized outbound access.
I suppose Brave themselves could relay this info to Google, but that seems less than likely. The reason brave is a thing is they intentionally remove all the privacy inhibiting "features" of Chrome.
@noodlejetski @Kerchief7592 @WeiMingKai @thomasfuchs This would be true were I not aware of and tightly control traffic on my network. Well, not the opposite, as giving them a few metrics is not the same as letting them peruse every single thing I go. lol
I run a #pihole on my network and #LittleSnitch on my mac and both work to actively block egress traffic I do not authorize. I blocked all access to google services forever ago. Brave, for example, prompts me for all unauthorized outbound access.