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Brave runs on Chrome and has some of the highest privacy protections. I love Firefox, but just questioning if there aren’t good solutions available on Chrome.

Brave runs on Chrome and has some of the highest privacy protections. I love Firefox, but just questioning if there aren’t good solutions available on Chrome. And while Apple may not have a business model as focused on selling data, they still have a growing ad business + weaker protections against fingerprinting and ad blocking

TheCleric 3y ago
Brave’s internal ads and crypto weirdness are enough for me to be uncomfortable with it.
- tejohnso 3y ago
  What internal ads? I see 0 ads while using brave because of its internal ad blocker. Crypto features are an easy toggle to disable. The toggle isn't hidden, doesn't re-enable itself, and isn't weird in any way.
  - kouru225 3y ago
    They’re talking about the ability to turn on ads within brave and get BAT as a reward.
    - TheCleric 3y ago
      In addition to getting nagged on the regular (every update?) to turn on the ads.
darklion 3y ago
> weaker protections against fingerprinting and ad blocking Citation?
- cle 3y ago
  https://privacytests.org/ https://privacytests.org/
  - soundnote 3y ago
    It's worth noting that PrivacyTests tests default configurations. If a browser has a good suite of privacy features but doesn't have them on by default, they'll score low on the benchmark. Firefox, for example, can be hardened very well with options and extensions, but has many bad defaults (like Google default search with search suggestions on). The site is all baseline, not potential. Not peak potential, not press a couple buttons potential.