Delete brave and tiktok
this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2026
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brave is FOSS
Yes but its still shit
firefox based browsers for life!
I've never seen anyone actually prove that Brave is bad without saying something like "it has useless features" (even though those useless features are optional, like Brave Rewards, news, talk, etc.) or talking about the fact that (also optionally) you can choose to see their ads (which they overlay on others) to earn crypto. It really isn't ethical to do that, I agree with that part, but I don't enable that option; I just want to browse without seeing ads. I also prefer not to comment on people who use an article from 2018 full of outdated information to try and prove that "Brave is spyware."
earn crypto
Telltale sign of a completely non-shady browser right there! AI and cryptobros never did anything to hurt FOSS or the world in general, so it's fine! Consume product!
You wanted to have suggestions about what to make better. Why do you use Brave instead of Firefox/Fennec? You can easily install uBlock Origin in the latter and also browse the web without ads and without shady side-features you don't use anyway.
Brave is a Chromium fork and Chromium is bad for browser diversity. Supporting another browser is "more FOSS friendly" I'd say. That was your initial question, wasn't it?
I found this article which explains really well why I personally wouldn't use Brave based on morals and "vibes": https://thelibre.news/no-really-dont-use-brave/
It's a philosophical question. If you don't see it that way and don't care, continue to use Brave. But why ask for other's opinions to then dunk on them? Why do we need to prove to you Brave is bad when you asked for our opinion? It's OK for you to have a different opinion.
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How can I do better?
Spread the foss to your friends and family!
Does anyone have a FOSS BROWSER recommendation?
Seriously, saying what they have is shit and providing no alternatives is counterproductive. I still use chromium on my device because firefox runs like buns. Y'all are saying Brave is not better, but again, do you have alternatives?
Thanks
For me firefox, or rather fennec, runs really well. What issues do you have? Maybe open a bug report after checking if others have similar problems. Maybe your specific performance issues can be fixed by someone with programming socks?
'+ 1 for Fennec
Can't use apps that require google play services.
Trying fennec now. Seems much better than last time I had it installed.
I'm running a modified Light phone 3. It's a bit of a janky setup but it's definitely been an interesting tinkering project
Have you tried microg to allow gapps to work? Or is that just not something you want to do?
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I've never had any issues with ff's performance personally, what is your specs?
Ironfox
I'd suggest Cromite as a good option if Firefox based browsers run terrible, I use it since Firefox browsers are not recommended on Grapheneos for security reasons.
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I prefer droid-ify to f-droid. It uses the f-droid repos, so you get the same apps, but it removes the annoying UI f-droid has.
Remove tiktok and you'll be free from spying on you by US-Chinese Corps
Out of curiousity, is there a reason you picked K-9 over Thunderbird?
Aren't they the same thing these days (genuine question)?
Thunderbird is a K-9 reskin. They're the same app. People pick based on what icon and app name they want I guess.
Oh my bad; I thought it wasn't developed anymore! Makes sense!
Do you use a separate icon pack or is the one in the screenshot part of your Android skin ?
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