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Brave's aggressive marketing
(lemmy.world)
Was reading an answer to the question about fresh Amazon tablet and saw this. They used up the question as a hook to promote their browser. Pretty sure I'm avoiding Brave from now on.
Q: Does the fire max 11 have YouTube app on it. A: I have installed Google Playstore , but I skip installing Youtube app . There is better option . Brave Browser in Playstore !! That thing has AWESOME popup Blocker and it's own integrated Youtube Ads and other Nuisances blocker . My point ? You don't need youtube on Fire max , You don't need Google Maps , You don't need Facebook App . Just Use Brave .
I really don't understand why people use and recommend brave. They've have had plenty of shady practices in the past and bundle crypto crap by default. If you want to block ads just install ublock origin on (preferably) any privacy respecting browser like firefox (or better yet librewolf), ungoogled-chromium etc
Firefox runs really poorly for twitch and youtube videos for me in linux; mainly in CPU. Brave will use maybe 10-20% of my cpu for a single twitch stream whereas firefox uses about 80%. I use firefox for all my browsing, but for videos it just doesn't seem to work well... Perhaps a different chromium browser would be better as you say.
The situation on mobile is dire. Bromite and Ungoogled-Chromium are dead, and mobile Firefox is slow crap that Mozilla doesn't give two fucks about. I'm grinding my teeth using IceRaven and Mulch, but I'm not surprised those with less patience would use an all-in-one solution.
Mobile firefox on ios has been way better than almost everything else, atleast compared to like brave and chrome etc
Maybe its being neglected on android? Im on the latest version and ios 17 dev beta
The only thing I wish I had on Firefox is tab groups. That's it. It's totally fine otherwise.
(Don't suggest me an extension. I've tried them. They suck. This isn't a deal breaker for me. I use Firefox.)
Huh
Ive never really used tab groups so they arent really a problem for me, might try them out someday though
Yeah I tried it on mobile and it peppered me with requests/pop-ups to get their paid services.. Install didn't last long
They just don't know any better. And when you tell them about Brave's history, they just don't listen
This is the first time I heard about this. Was using it in the past on iOS, but I’m now using an extension in safari to block ads. What exactly is wrong with Brave?
They were using crypto miners in Brave (now it's just opt-out optional I think), altering search result's, and also something about their CEO being a weirdo I think. And also all this dirty advertising and tactics. They're just shady all around.
There was never a miner in Brave. Their legitimate crypto related features have always been optional. They did add referal links in some urls though
There you go, and that’s why nobody should believe the commenter you replied to without him providing sources. Shame 10 people already agreed with him.
Huh? They have a crypto service that you can easily opt out of.
...they have their own search engine they built from scratch. So yeah.
I love weirdos
This is an incredibly generic complaint
Maybe people "don't listen" because you're full of crap.