I care about my privacy, though I like it’s UI. Is it really as bad as some say?
- ram ( @ram@bookwormstory.social ) English109•1 year ago
Stop using chromium.
- Otter ( @otter@lemmy.ca ) English23•1 year ago
Yea I don’t think it’s bad for privacy, just there are better options out there which get you the same privacy while also addressing other issues? Issues like Chromium, history of controversies and shady behaviour (crypto, replacing ads with their own), the business model, and issues with the CEO.
Instead, why not just use standard Firefox? The only downside I’ve heard is that the default settings don’t do what Brave does when you first install each browser, but that’s a weak argument considering we all modify the settings anyway. Someone should just outline which Firefox settings should be flipped to match default Brave, and we can be done with the weekly ‘Why not Brave’ discussions
I use Firefox as my daily browser, and run Mullvad browser when I need to be cautious with a task.
I’ll do it when Firefox gets a UI that looks modern.
edit - fine
- MoshBit ( @MoshBit@beehaw.org ) 21•1 year ago
Boy, that’s a hot take
- BlinkerFluid ( @BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one ) English7•1 year ago
Dark theme on most Linux distros looks clean with breeze or… whatever dark theme gnome users use. Quite nice, really. I’m cool with the angular look.
- Liforra ( @Liforra@lemm.ee ) 1•11 months ago
Can’t, i need chromium extensions
- ram ( @ram@bookwormstory.social ) English1•11 months ago
Like what?
- Liforra ( @Liforra@lemm.ee ) 1•11 months ago
Well stuff like chromegle, there isn’t anything similar on Firefox, and there are just less extensions in general. Probably the dumbest reason but doesn’t change the fact that i need them
- Melody Fwygon ( @Melody@lemmy.one ) English40•1 year ago
YES, IT IS!
You should NOT trust Brave to not play fast and loose with your privacy. They already operate an advertising network (it operates on those stupid little BAT tokens) and they DO inject ads and affiliate links.
I strongly recommend Firefox1 or Librewolf.
1 - You must install plugins and apply user.js fixes yourself to properly harden Firefox completely against tracking; but this is doable.
- Valkeerie ( @Valkeerie@lemmy.nz ) 6•1 year ago
Hey, I use Firefox but I’ve never heard of making edits to the user.js config. Could you point me in the direction of some information about this?
- edric ( @scytale@lemm.ee ) 15•1 year ago
Check arkenfox: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/
- Melody Fwygon ( @Melody@lemmy.one ) English9•1 year ago
This. They detail perfectly how you can properly harden Firefox with whichever settings you think fit your privacy needs best and even discuss the tradeoffs for each setting.
- chayleaf ( @chayleaf@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
it’s the same as about:config
- gothicdecadence ( @gothicdecadence@lemm.ee ) 3•1 year ago
Someone on the last Brave thread suggested using Floorp and honestly I’ve been loving it. It comes with Tree Style Tabs support but I much I prefer Sidebery so I use Floorp’s built in sidebar with Sidebery instead. It works fantastic, and using Firefox color theming to tweak everything also works well.
- Dudewitbow ( @dudewitbow@lemmy.ml ) 26•1 year ago
It has an opt in option to sell ad space for some of its crypto. Some people just are offended that the option is even there.
- prunerye ( @prunerye@slrpnk.net ) 23•1 year ago
You’re on Lemmy. Lemmy hates Brendan Eich. Take the top comments with a grain of salt.
- umbrella ( @umbrella@lemmy.ml ) 22•1 year ago
f i r e f o x.
i mean cmon
- UprisingVoltage ( @UprisingVoltage@feddit.it ) 20•1 year ago
No, brave is not bad for your privacy. There has been some controversie but no dealbreaker so far imo.
If you’re on mobile I think brave has hands down the best UX (not necessarily UI but I like it a lot), on desktop I recommend firefox, which has a lot of custom themes to choose from (https://firefoxcss-store.github.io).
I personally like and use https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
- Tibert ( @Tibert@jlai.lu ) 7•1 year ago
I like Firefox mostly because it’s cool to have engine competition. I mostly use the default dark theme. It looks good enough for me. I don’t look much at the top when browsing.
On android it’s still lagging behind the chromium competition. And having mismatched browsers isn’t great for syncing. So I just use Firefox on android too, good enough.
Tho, if miss matching wasn’t an issue, personally I think I would use Kiwi browser. It’s an open source chromium browser which supports chrome extensions.
- TWeaK ( @TWeaK@lemm.ee ) English4•1 year ago
It’s less about whether any individual thing they’ve done has been bad, more that they keep doing things and keep doing thm in sneaky ways. Every time something happened the CEO went on a marketing campaign and drummed up a bunch of new users to drown out the news story. They come across as shady, which gives the impression that it would take a relatively small sack of money for them to sell their users up the river.
Brave is better than some out of the box, but far from the best. I’d say Mull is better for mobile, which is a Firefox fork. It has a companion Android System Webview called Mulch.
- UprisingVoltage ( @UprisingVoltage@feddit.it ) 1•1 year ago
Oh for fuck’s sake brave
- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English8•1 year ago
Brave is an alternative. There are better alternatives but its better than chrome or edge
- Haywire ( @Haywire@lemm.ee ) 7•1 year ago
They don’t like the guy.
- Mubelotix ( @Mubelotix@jlai.lu ) 5•1 year ago
It isn’t. Brave doesn’t track you
- crispy_kilt ( @crispy_kilt@feddit.de ) 4•1 year ago
Yes.
- QuazarOmega ( @QuazarOmega@lemy.lol ) 4•1 year ago
AFAIK no, but if someone has to say something about privacytests’s results (bad methodology? inconclusive?) I’m interested to know