I care about my privacy, though I like it’s UI. Is it really as bad as some say?

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    1 year ago

    Part of it comes down to trust. I just don’t trust Brave Inc long term - it may well be a private browser now but I don’t trust that in to the future. I don’t trust a company that Peter Thiel invests in. I don’t trust a company that has already been shady and caught redirecting traffic secretly for referrer codes. But I also don’t trust Google or Microsoft either.

    I trust Firefox and Mozilla. I don’t like that they are dependent on Google revenue but I trust that they’re open and transparent about what they do, and not motivated or compromised by a desire to maximise profits for their venture capitalist investors.

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      1 year ago

      Ah, thank you, distrusting Peter thiel is at least tangentially relevant and certainly understandable(thiel-creepy brave-trustworthy?)

      I would choose Firefox before ie or safari, but Firefox also sells personalized ads and tracks your keystrokes.

      I like foss, and I like smaller companies. When another privacy-based browser comes along after brave sells its soul or gets too popular, I’ll support them too.

      Until then, brave is doing pretty good privacy-wise, especially compared to the mainstream alts.

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        1 year ago

        Firefox also sells personalized ads

        Is this in reference to sponsored content on the new tab page?

        and tracks your keystrokes.

        Telemetry? Or something else?

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        brave has already sold its soul to crypto companies

        and it does nothing that firefox with extensions can’t do

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          1 year ago

          Haha, crypto hate but at least equal browsing abilities with major browsers.

          I totally agree.