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Why you shouldn't use Brave Browser (www.spacebar.news)
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[–] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 85 points 2 years ago (4 children)

The fact that its main 2 gimmicks are a shitty ad blocker and integrated cryptocurrency should be enough of a red flag, honestly. Just use Firefox, people!

[–] SMITHandWESSON@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I downloaded it just yesterday, and I uninstalled it after reading this article. Back to Firefox for me!

[–] mrsgreenpotato@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am using Brave on iOS mainly because of its superb YouTube support - It has a built in ad block, can download videos offline and play minimized. Is there any way I can achieve this with any other browser? I would switch immediately.

[–] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

If you want to swap teams, Android has Revanced. Otherwise I don't think so.

[–] Arthur_Leywin@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Firefox is significantly slower though...

[–] Ibaudia@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not really that significant when you're using it, I promise. I'm usually all for speed, but FF has better functionality than the competition.

[–] Arthur_Leywin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Speed is significant though. "Functionality" (whatever you mean by that) is less important.

[–] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Built-in features are much better, respects privacy (compared to Google), add-ons have more possibilities, etc.