• @Pantherina@feddit.de
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    14 months ago

    Damn didnt know it was that bad.

    They also lack any documentation about how to use their policies on Linux (where you can disable all the bloat). But it should be doable, I will give it another try.

    Is the browser even FOSS? Can you compile a working version yourself?

    I do that with Firefox and it is really cool.

  • @dexahtm@lemm.ee
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    111 months ago

    I thought it was nice that maybe a private browser would be mainstream but then on second thought… Something icky must be going on if it’s mainstream, i mean the whole crypto part was an instant warning for me. Proud Librewolf user over here!!!

  • dantheclammanOP
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    111 months ago

    Today I learned that people take it VERY PERSONALLY when you criticize their chosen browser. 😂

  • AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦
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    11 months ago

    At one point they were scummy enough to automatically add their referral codes to any Amazon link you see. Lots of people today still mindlessly recommend Brave, and that’s what’s wrong in general with the “but the UX is so nice” mentality.

    • @FatCat@lemmy.world
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      111 months ago

      Its almost like UX is one of the most important things for a user of any given program. 🥴

  • @rog@lemmy.one
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    011 months ago

    I dont know why anyone would leave chrome and land on something like brave.

    If youre ditching chrome, which you should, go to an actual different browser and use Firefox.

    • Avid Amoeba
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      11 months ago

      Chromium has metric shit tons of work done that seems to perform great. What I would love to see is for Mozilla to fork Chromium, staff it with enough people to maintain it, add/remove the features they feel are appropriate/inappropriate, and thus reuse the tons of free work Google and others have already done. As a software engineer, I don’t buy the argument that it’s easier to correctly implement every new web feature anew than maintaining a fork. Every large org that ships anything based on Android for example maintains a fork of an even bigger codebase. It’s not as complicated as people make it out to be. It’s not a new problem and there are strategies to manage it. If Mozilla does this, they’ll be able to play an active role in steering by far the biggest rendering engine’s direction, instead of playing opposition with no stake in it. Now downvote away! 😄