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Brave is just a shitcoin mining, referral link hijacking reskin of Chrome.

brnt 5y ago
By default it doesnt, and although I'd certainly advise going over all Brave's settings once, then you have the safest (as in not outdated like some other privacy forks) and privacy respecting Chrome based browser around.
- techrat 5y ago
  Stop drinking the kool aid, buh. If you have to go over the settings... A safe, privacy respecting browser wouldn't resort to any shady tactics in the first place.
  - brnt 5y ago
    I'm not drinking any koolaid, I just have not found anything better, apart from Firefox.
  - nyolfen 5y ago
    brave's default settings are almost certainly exactly what a privacy-oriented person would choose. it does not mine crypto, and it only pays you in crypto to view notification ads if you opt-in. i even gave the ads a shot but decided it wasn't worth the $2 a month or whatever, so now i just have a maintained, de-googled chrome, which is basically a description of the optimal browser in 2021. does firefox ask you if you want to install pocket yet?
- m0zg 5y ago
  They also run the only decent, independent search engine that has _its own_, _uncensored_ index. DDG was perceptibly worse than Google, but Brave Search is about on par, and the latency seems to be better as well. I maybe have to go to Google once or twice a month now instead of several times a day DDG would require. I know a bit about Google search, and frankly I'm stunned by what Brave was able to pull off here. I'm actually not against Firefox either, but they refuse to implement a profile switcher, and I need one to be able to fully and unambiguously isolate my work and personal accounts. What's particularly grating is that they already have profile support. Just not the UX to switch the profiles without pain.
  - etc-hosts 5y ago
    > I'm actually not against Firefox either, but they refuse to implement a profile switcher https://davemartorana.com/multifirefox/ https://davemartorana.com/multifirefox/
    - commoner 5y ago
      Alternatively, Profile Switcher for Firefox provides a Chrome-like interface: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switcher/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switc...
      - happymellon 5y ago
        I couldn't tell from the link, but does it let me run two profiles side by side? This is the only thing that makes FF awkward for me when not using a Mac.
        tombrossman 5y ago
        You can bookmark about:profiles and click "Launch profile in new browser" under each profile to open it in a new Firefox window. If you are using GNOME desktop you can also try this to integrate the profiles into the launcher. I wrote it when still using Ubuntu but I'm on Fedora now and it's the exact same steps: https://www.tombrossman.com/blog/2020/launch-firefox-profiles-directly-from-the-ubuntu-dash/ https://www.tombrossman.com/blog/2020/launch-firefox-profile...
        happymellon 5y ago
        this would fall under the "awkward" way of changing profiles.
        commoner 5y ago
        Yes. With the extension, you can launch any other profile and a new window under that profile will be opened. There is no limit to the number of profiles that can be simultaneously active. The extension menu also lets you add, remove, and edit profiles.

brnt 5y ago

By default it doesnt, and although I'd certainly advise going over all Brave's settings once, then you have the safest (as in not outdated like some other privacy forks) and privacy respecting Chrome based browser around.

techrat 5y ago
Stop drinking the kool aid, buh. If you have to go over the settings... A safe, privacy respecting browser wouldn't resort to any shady tactics in the first place.
- brnt 5y ago
  I'm not drinking any koolaid, I just have not found anything better, apart from Firefox.
- nyolfen 5y ago
  brave's default settings are almost certainly exactly what a privacy-oriented person would choose. it does not mine crypto, and it only pays you in crypto to view notification ads if you opt-in. i even gave the ads a shot but decided it wasn't worth the $2 a month or whatever, so now i just have a maintained, de-googled chrome, which is basically a description of the optimal browser in 2021. does firefox ask you if you want to install pocket yet?
m0zg 5y ago
They also run the only decent, independent search engine that has _its own_, _uncensored_ index. DDG was perceptibly worse than Google, but Brave Search is about on par, and the latency seems to be better as well. I maybe have to go to Google once or twice a month now instead of several times a day DDG would require. I know a bit about Google search, and frankly I'm stunned by what Brave was able to pull off here. I'm actually not against Firefox either, but they refuse to implement a profile switcher, and I need one to be able to fully and unambiguously isolate my work and personal accounts. What's particularly grating is that they already have profile support. Just not the UX to switch the profiles without pain.
- etc-hosts 5y ago
  > I'm actually not against Firefox either, but they refuse to implement a profile switcher https://davemartorana.com/multifirefox/ https://davemartorana.com/multifirefox/
  - commoner 5y ago
    Alternatively, Profile Switcher for Firefox provides a Chrome-like interface: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switcher/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switc...
    - happymellon 5y ago
      I couldn't tell from the link, but does it let me run two profiles side by side? This is the only thing that makes FF awkward for me when not using a Mac.
      - tombrossman 5y ago
        You can bookmark about:profiles and click "Launch profile in new browser" under each profile to open it in a new Firefox window. If you are using GNOME desktop you can also try this to integrate the profiles into the launcher. I wrote it when still using Ubuntu but I'm on Fedora now and it's the exact same steps: https://www.tombrossman.com/blog/2020/launch-firefox-profiles-directly-from-the-ubuntu-dash/ https://www.tombrossman.com/blog/2020/launch-firefox-profile...
        happymellon 5y ago
        this would fall under the "awkward" way of changing profiles.
      - commoner 5y ago
        Yes. With the extension, you can launch any other profile and a new window under that profile will be opened. There is no limit to the number of profiles that can be simultaneously active. The extension menu also lets you add, remove, and edit profiles.