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chrand ( chrand@lemmy.ml )  to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1年前

Official Brave F-Droid repository now available

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Official Brave F-Droid repository now available

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chrand ( chrand@lemmy.ml )  to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1年前
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Official Brave F-Droid repository now available | Brave
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Our new officially-supported repository allows users of the F-Droid client to install the browser and receive automatic updates without requiring Google Play.
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  • ClownsInSpace2 ( ClownsInSpace2@lemmy.zip ) 
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    Cool, fuck Brave tho

    • edel ( edel@lemmy.ml ) 
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      I don’t use Brave, still with the more insecure Android Firefox variant (Firefox for Android is subpar in security), but I am glad Brave do want to expand here and for many users it is for sure the best option. No need to insult, whether you agree or not with them. If it is open, it is open and everything else should be secondary and for individual to choose on their own. Go Brave! Hope many more come too.

      • Ardens ( Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml ) 
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        Oh, so where is Firefox subpar? Please elaborate?

  • Green Wizard ( TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip ) 
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    The crypto shill chromium fork backed by the homophobic dickhead with far too much money? Pass.

    • CashDragon ( CashDragon@realbitcoin.cash ) 
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      Like it or not crypto is the future of finance. Learn it or be left behind.

      • Ardens ( Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml ) 
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        No it is not. It will never be stable enough. It’s only there to steal money from fools - and it’s working quite well. Do invest in Trumps crypto… ;-)

        • CashDragon ( CashDragon@realbitcoin.cash ) 
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          You do realize that there are 1 million times more scams conducted using government controlled currencies, why are you not raging against the USD scam?

          You are basing your crypto opinions on mainstream trash info. Crypto requires deep research to actually understand and you will be using it within 10 years regardless of your current opinion.

          • Ardens ( Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml ) 
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            That was funny… If you want to debate this, then please stop exaggerating like “a million times more”…

            Thank you for handing me another reason for people never to use crypto regularly. As you say, it requires deep research to understand… My current currency requires a basic understanding, that’s it. And no, I’ll not be using it - you are delusional, and need help. My guess is, that you have invested a lot of money in crypto, and now you feel stupid because it is lost - and you try to get others onboard to minimize your own losses… ;-)

            • CashDragon ( CashDragon@realbitcoin.cash ) 
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              The point is anytime a revolutionary technology comes around most people are scared because they have no clue. Just like when the internet came politicians were going nuts because they had no clue and were scared.

              You have no clue how fiat currency works and will continue to have no clue about crypto until intelligent people figure out how even the clueless can use it. Then you will just use it because the alternative will be horrible.

              I was telling people about Bitcoin back in 2011, it worked out pretty well. 😉

              • Ardens ( Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml ) 
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                It’s almost two decades since crypto became a thing, and you call it revolutionary? It wasn’t - it was new, but that’s it…

                I do know some crypto-people, and they all lie, and talk about big promises, but none of them have delivered. Well, most of them has lost money.

                But you just keep believing your dream - the sane one of us, will let you have that nightmare to yourself. ;-)

                • CashDragon ( CashDragon@realbitcoin.cash ) 
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                  The dream has already come true and is getting better by the year. Sorry you completely missed out, hopefully you look outside of the box the elites have crafted for you.

      • interdimensionalmeme ( interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ) 
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        Hopefully we can send all the cryptobros to prison along with the rest of the elites trying to drive society into a wall, before this ridiculous and calamitous change comes to pass.

        • CashDragon ( CashDragon@realbitcoin.cash ) 
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          Let’s not call for imprisoning people based on some arbitrary demographic. It borders on bigotry.

          • interdimensionalmeme ( interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ) 
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            No, it isn’t arbitrary.

            Cryptographic money people seek to privatize governance.

            A return to serfdom and kingdoms.

            This is not the be allowed.

            People who try to dismantle and corner a foundation of society so they can keep it for themselves and beyond to reach of the consensus, are thieves and should be treated as such.

            • CashDragon ( CashDragon@realbitcoin.cash ) 
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              Private governance cannot be any worse than current governance, maybe we will get less mass murder known as war.

              • interdimensionalmeme ( interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ) 
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                Of course it can be worse, are you so bereft of imagination, so drowned in ideology that you cannot imagine another megalomaniac sniffs his own delusions of gradeur and ride them straight to hell ?

                How many more examples from history does there need to be before it will get in the thick skulls of the dollar-sign-eyes that this always ends in catastrophe ?

                We don’t have too many tries left before actual stable governance crumbles for good and we have a couple dozen centuries of unchecked warlordism.

                “Private governance cannot be any worse than current governance”

                You have no imagination

                “maybe we will get less mass murder known as war.”

                You are a fool

                • CashDragon ( CashDragon@realbitcoin.cash ) 
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                  You think that current government is not controlled by dollar signs? The state is just a tool of the banks and the military industrial complex, all they do is lie in order to conduct mass murder.

                  Crypto is our opportunity to put power and control back into the people’s hands by ripping control over currency from banking and corporate interests.

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                  Removed by mod

  • [migrated to PieFed] ( arsCynic@beehaw.org ) 
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    Brave’s a bunch of marketing/advertising driven crypto"currency" i.e., pyramid scheme peddlers desperate for greater fools.
    ↳ “Kill yourself.” —Bill Hicks.

    On a computer either use uBlock Origin-included LibreWolf for stability and privacy, Zen browser for power users, and on Android one can use Fennec; all of them Firefox derivatives.

    - -
    ✍︎ arscyni.cc: modernity ∝ nature.

    • edel ( edel@lemmy.ml ) 
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      I am in this path too, but not for everyone. The Firefox (and variants) in Android is ok for normal browsing but would not log into highly sensitive sites nor is recommendable for many users that are not careful with settings and updates. Brave (and others privacy friendly ones), with its flaws, it is better in that arena, so recommended for them.

      Also, we may not like it, but if we criticize company attempts to become financial viable, we are doing at disservice to our FOSS community. We should just point what you don’t like from Brave and let our audiences decide for themselves.

      • comrade | 🇵🇸 ( ComradePedro@lemmy.ml ) 
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        If you can’t be financially viable without scamming people maybe fuck off??

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        use Fennec for normal browning and Tor Browser for anything of such sensitivity

        • edel ( edel@lemmy.ml ) 
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          I am now with IronFox, I forgot the reason I left Fennec. Does anyone know the advantage of one vs the other?

    • lemmyknow ( lemmyknow@lemmy.today ) 
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      How about IronFox for Android?

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        You be the judge and reviewer ;)
        I recognize it by name but I haven’t tested it or anything.

        PS My list wasn’t meant to be exhaustive, sorry for the wrong impression. I’m sure there are great other Android browsers.

        • lemmyknow ( lemmyknow@lemmy.today ) 
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          Well, I use IronFox. It’s essentially a fork of the now-discontinued, Firefox-based Mull browser. It’s a privacy and security oriented browser. It’s not on F-Droid, afaik, but it’s on the Accrescent store

          • SteleTrovilo ( SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org ) 
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            It is available on F-Droid, if you add its repository. QR code here: https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox

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      Any Brave alternative that works on iOS?

      I’ve installed brave on some familly iOS device because that’s the best I could find at the time. But hope to find a good replacement.

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    Tbh, on my list for the future headline: “Hard to believe: this privacy app has been secretly selling data” Brave is in my personal top 3

    • Philamand ( Philamand@jlai.lu ) 
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      What are the other two ?

      • interdimensionalmeme ( interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ) 
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        Signal and Proton Mail

        • Samsy ( Samsy@lemmy.ml ) 
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          Proton yes, but signal, never ever. Proton and Plex.

  • unveiled6399 ( blouse5293@mtgzone.com ) 
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    Do these fdroid app have too that crypto shit and sponsored wallpapers ?

    Mainly will it work without play services ?

  • cy_narrator ( cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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    They are finally acting brave

    • QuazarOmega ( QuazarOmega@lemy.lol ) 
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      Roll the credits boys 👏👏

    • OozingPositron ( OozingPositron@feddit.cl ) 
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      Say that again.

      • cy_narrator ( cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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        They are finally acting brave

  • bringleborper ( F4rtEmp3r0r@lemmy.ca ) 
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    Honestly I’m perfectly happy with Cromite but this is still good. The more F-Droid options the merrier.

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      Cromite use a third party repo, rather than being in the main one. And I’m hesitant to add repos for my system’s security.

      Do anyone has some informations or sources on Cromite’s maintainer, whether cromite.org is safe to add to repos?

  • N3rd ( FriendlyN3rd@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    on one end, brave does seem rly good in terms of privacy but also chromium. its like building a house on uneven and loose terrain

  • SilliusMaximus ( SilliusMaximus@mander.xyz ) 
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    Nice! Great to see another app available outside of Google Play Store :D

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    nice that’s cool… but it’s brave. do they still give their crypto to show crypto ads? lol

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    This is great news. Brave is a great browser, block all the trash ads by default plus has many enhanced privacy features. 👍

    Switched to the f-droid version, one less app that I need to pull from Aurora 😃

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    deleted by creator

  • MrSulu ( MrSulu@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Not yet showing on search of F-droid

    • JustARegularNerd ( JustARegularNerd@aussie.zone ) 
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      This announcement is for Brave hosting their own repository to host the Brave browser on that’s compatible with F-Droid, rather than the Brave browser being added to F-Droid’s official repository.

      Otherwise, perhaps you meant that you did add their repo and it’s still not showing up.

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        Ah, thank you. I’ve been a twit and not realised.

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