@gamingonlinux That and it's also basically Chrome. The vast majority of people don't realize that outside of Firefox and Safari just about every other browser is basically Chrome with a fake nose and glasses. And while the Ad blocking situation has everyone's attention right now, there are other reasons not to use Chrome, like the rampant data collection Google has done with it for years.

@gamingonlinux same for Opera

@gamingonlinux Chrome has become the new Internet Explorer 6.

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Besides their weird crypto stuff, isn't Brave just another Chromium-under-the-hood browser anyway?

People should get off Google's base period

@gamingonlinux #firefox for the win!

@gamingonlinux It's no #chromium at all from now on ...

@gamingonlinux what about DuckDuckGo?

@gamingonlinux I'd like to know what kind of shady stuff we are talking about here. I thought Brave was a pretty solid option. 🤔

@gamingonlinux is there anything positive or negative to say about Ungoogled Chromium? https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium

@gamingonlinux Vivaldi would be perfect if the adblocker supported cosmetic filtering.

@gamingonlinux I don't understand why people use Brave... It's just bloated Chromium...

@gamingonlinux Safari & Firefox FTW

Anyone that pays me for using their free service immediately gets the big question mark. No one does anything for free. And no one does anything at a loss. Same goes for “free VPNs”.

@gamingonlinux I'm waiting for the day when GNOME Web takes over the web browser space, it's the only browser that alone makes me laugh, because when I log in to anything I see the session advertised as "Safari on Linux".

@gamingonlinux Also I wonder if they would just leave in the adblocker-breaking stuff.

@gamingonlinux Really? I use Brave....what should I switch to?

@gamingonlinux Like what?

@gamingonlinux 😒

For all the people asking what: Google exists. Seriously. It's often quicker to use Google than it is to ask.

This real basic example took less than 30 seconds to find: https://www.spacebar.news/p/stop-using-brave-browser

There's numerous more.

@gamingonlinux I personally just switches to Firefox. I loved it even more and have 0 issues with it

@gamingonlinux Brave is the only browser on Iphone that blocks all ads.

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When I was looking for a Chrome adjacent browser, not wanting to go Firefox yet, with integrated AdBlocker, I did consider Brave for a bit. Then I learnt that Brave supports Crypto and immediately went for Vivaldi...

Still have all my AdBlockers installed though...

@gamingonlinux Just use Firefox. It's one of the few alternatives to Chromium remaining.

@gamingonlinux what would you suggest?, Firefox

War mir garnich so bewusst mit Brave. @jp

@gamingonlinux Been happy with Firefox and DuckDuckGo. Still would like to turn my computers from Windows to Linux though.

@gamingonlinux anything that runs on Chromium is not a viable alternative to Chrome.

@gamingonlinux also want to add that, conversely, just because it uses the same rendering engine as Chrome, doesn't mean it's on the same bullshit. there are a number of Chromium-based projects that exist precisely to remove Google garbage. it will be the same with their proposed API changes.

@gamingonlinux Part of the problem here is that every browser choice is shit at the moment

There is no way to win. I currently use Brave. I moved to Brave once it became clear a year ago that Google was aiming to kill adblockers because Brave has a built-in one

I agree Brave does shady shit, but so does Firefox. Plus Mozilla is obsessed with other peripheral shit and their browser suffers because of it

Should anybody use Chrome over Brave?

God no. Google is more shady than the rest combined

@gamingonlinux Yeah, at one point I thought they were sorta neat, but then they went all cryptobro and then also proceeded to go down to crazy town

@gamingonlinux I use Firefox mostly. I'm experimenting with Floorp, and some other options are Waterfox and LibreWolf. All good choices, all based on something other than Chrome, and therefore outside of the Google sphere. It helps keep one megacorp from having a monopoly on the Internet.

Continuing to avoid Chrome without embracing The Fox is tough, but there are a few options. On Linux, there's Midori and Gnome Web.

On Mac, I'm not sure why you'd care. Just use Safari.

@gamingonlinux I remember installing Brave on my laptop (Trisquel GNU/Linux) and it made itself the default browser and a startup application. Yikes!

@gamingonlinux just use Chromite, guys

@gamingonlinux Firefox is an incredibly good browser. I don't get why it struggles with popularity.

@gamingonlinux shady? like what?

@gamingonlinux Now I understand why each and every time I open something on my PC, I am asked to change to Chrome.

@gamingonlinux uninstalled thanks

@gamingonlinux Too bad Firefox doesn't have several must have features I use on Vivaldi...

@gamingonlinux I really don’t understand why people aren’t using Firefox 🤦‍♂️

@gamingonlinux Mozilla has also done shady shit and a bunch of scandals there really isn't any winning here

@gamingonlinux there’s always firefox.

@gamingonlinux sorry I use Edge, if firefox could add the sidebar for tabs nativity and the sidebar as Edge, I will back to it.

@gamingonlinux please be more specific. I am a Brave user because this is the only browser that provides a way to support content and service providers. I am certainly willing to consider complaints but want specifics.