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minus-square@rckclmbr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish16•8 months agoThey’ll either evil or incompetent. Neither of which I want on my computer
minus-square@IdealShrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-2•8 months agowhen did people start hating on Brave? last I heard it was the best browser for privacy.
minus-square@elscallr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•8 months agoThey’re Chromium based, which erodes any possible claim they could make to privacy. Use Firefox instead. You can lock it down further than you can Brave and they don’t rely on Google.
minus-square@shortly2139@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•8 months agoDoesn’t Mozilla rely on Google for funding? Genuine question, as I though i read this else where on Lemmy
minus-square@elscallr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoThey might get some money from them but certainly not entirely. There’s an entire Mozilla Foundation.
minus-square@uranibaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoI never used Brave, but I believe it was sometime after they started their ad-currency-whatever-thingy (I could of course be wrong).
They’ll either evil or incompetent. Neither of which I want on my computer
when did people start hating on Brave? last I heard it was the best browser for privacy.
They’re Chromium based, which erodes any possible claim they could make to privacy.
Use Firefox instead. You can lock it down further than you can Brave and they don’t rely on Google.
Doesn’t Mozilla rely on Google for funding? Genuine question, as I though i read this else where on Lemmy
They might get some money from them but certainly not entirely. There’s an entire Mozilla Foundation.
I never used Brave, but I believe it was sometime after they started their ad-currency-whatever-thingy (I could of course be wrong).