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Why I recommend against Brave. (thelibre.news)
submitted 1 week ago by Tea@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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If you are keen on personal privacy, you might have come across Brave Browser. Brave is a Chromium-based browser that promises to deliver privacy with built-in ad-blocking and content-blocking protection. It also offers several quality-of-life features and services, like a VPN and Tor access. I mean, it's even listed on the reputable PrivacyTools website. Why am I telling you to steer clear of this browser, then?

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[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 64 points 1 week ago (3 children)

anyone believing brave is good for privacy is quite naive

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 6 days ago

It's good for privacy from the websites you visit, from itself is up for debate though lol

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 0 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It's good for playing youtube without ads and Netflix which doesnt work with my firefox setup for some reason. That's all I use it for.

[–] Amir@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Ublock Origin on Firefox can also play YT without ads...

Netflix Idk

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 6 days ago

Yea, I dont really have problems with YT in Firefox. Just use brave because it's on my "watching stuff" monitor. Brave did seem to work better during that period where they were being more aggressive about ad blockers but I haven't seen that for a while.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Weird, youtube with ublock origin is all I need to enjoy no ads. Are you using some additional scripts that modify youtube in some way?

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 6 days ago

I dont really have problems with YT in Firefox. Just use brave because it’s on my “watching stuff” monitor. Brave did seem to work better during that period where they were being more aggressive about ad blockers but I haven’t seen that for a while.