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    [–] furycd001@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

    I’ve used Firefox based browsers for as long as I can remember and I’d rather slam my dick in a car door than switch to garbage like brave. Every single one of those browsers is the same bloated Google-flavoured bullshit wearing a different fucking clown costume. Firefox is the only browser that doesn’t make me feel like I’m being rawdogged by corporate spyware every time I open a tab.. Piss on carpet !!

    [–] Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 36 minutes ago

    i thlammed my penith in the car door

    [–] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 17 minutes ago

    Yeah, I don't do web stuff, but I use the browser every day for all the microsoft stuff my employer uses and it's 99% LibreWolf and then 1% switching to Firefox ESR that cane preinstalled on debian.

    If something didn't work at that point, I'd probably fire up my Windows VM I use for testing before I'd install even chromium. I've installed it before but there's just no need now.

    [–] canniest_tod@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (6 children)

    What's the deal with Brave? Why are people against it?

    [–] prunerye@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 hour ago

    Brendan Eich. Specifically his stance against same sex marriage. He was pressured to resign from Mozilla, which he cofounded, due to his support of California's prop 8. Then he founded Brave. The Brave browser also has some annoying crypto and AI features turned on by default. I think it's a perfectly fine piece of software. I use it as a second browser.

    [–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 hour ago

    Aside from the homophobia, Brave also runs an ad network so I’m skeptical about their privacy claims.

    [–] Allero@lemmy.today 6 points 44 minutes ago

    Brave was found altering links to some crypto services like Binance to include their referral and basically profit from unknowing users, they also run an ad network, they rely on Chromium, thereby endorsing Google's dominance over the modern Web, they are very crypto-positive, which is a problem for many in the open-source community, and on top of that, everything else others have said.

    [–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

    Their very shady history + their very bigoted owner + current shady tactics

    Edit: and on top of that it's Chromium based

    [–] pmjv@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

    i'm not against it, i just don't believe it exists

    [–] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 45 minutes ago* (last edited 45 minutes ago)

    Brave was found altering links to some crypto services like Binance to include their referral and basically profit from unknowing users, they also run an ad network, they rely on Chromium, thereby endorsing Google's dominance over the modern Web, they are very crypto-positive, which is a problem for many in the open-source community, and on top of that, everything else others have said.

    [–] Kalon@feddit.online 1 points 24 minutes ago

    Firefox or GTFO.

    [–] binux@sh.itjust.works 1 points 29 minutes ago
    [–] texture@lemmy.world 2 points 57 minutes ago

    im just gonna link this image the next time some uninformed dork asks me about this shit browser

    [–] notptr@lemmy.cyberia9.org 2 points 57 minutes ago

    The only browser on my os is mothra all others don't exist.

    [–] akwd169@sh.itjust.works 70 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

    Fuck brave browser, all my homies hate brave browser

    [–] drdalek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
    [–] Allero@lemmy.today -2 points 43 minutes ago

    Coward gang

    [–] Popper2142@lemmy.world 97 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

    thank you for sharing this non-existent content

    [–] pmjv@lemmy.world 38 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

    my pleasure! be careful out there!

    [–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 25 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
    [–] pmjv@lemmy.world 25 points 5 hours ago

    good question!

    [–] Marduk73@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

    Brave is the tits. Apparently, I'm guessing non existent tits? Whatever. I never see an ad.

    [–] Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 hour ago

    Brave was made by a former Mozilla employee who got fired for being a massive asshole. He still is a massive asshole and as a longtime Firefox and now Librewolf user, I don't see any ads either.

    [–] yesman@lemmy.world 34 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

    I don't understand. Why does Brave not exist? Is it because the developer is a chud? Fair enough. Is it because it's Chrome? If so, does that apply to Vivaldi?

    [–] notsle@kzoo.to 105 points 6 hours ago (5 children)
    [–] Chaunticleer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

    Can somebody explain something stupid to me? What exactly is wrong with Chromium? Does Google have backdoor access to anyone who's running a Chromium based program or something?

    [–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 52 minutes ago

    What exactly is wrong with Chromium?

    It gives Google hegemony over web standards.

    [–] dgdft@lemmy.world 76 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (3 children)

    They abuse the fuck out of their monopoly, basically.

    They made changes to limit the usefulness of adblockers (Manifest V3), they tried to force a remote attestation API (WEI API) a few years back that would let them do stuff like fully block users who aren’t running locked-down operating systems from using online banking software or accessing Youtube, they added many chrome-specific web APIs that are extremely helpful for fingerprinting and lock users into the chrome ecosystem, etc.

    And if you’re running stock chromium, there’s a fuckton of telemetry calling home to Google servers constantly.

    [–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 5 hours ago

    And browser is such a complex piece of software that you cannot just fork it easily and change those things within a weekend with a bunch of unpaid volunteers.

    [–] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev -3 points 1 hour ago

    They made changes to limit the usefulness of adblockers (Manifest V3)

    Unless you're using Brave :)

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    [–] BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 49 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

    As a web dev I hate the trend of websites relying on chromium-specific quirks, there are a handful of sites I need to use which refuse to work in any non-chromium browser, and customer support will always tell you to just use chrome as if you're not a normal person for using Firefox. So yeah what's wrong with chromium to me is that it's the new internet explorer when it comes to web standards. Websites and large businesses can afford to just not care if they are following web standards as long as it works in chrome, and if you have a problem it's your fault for not using chrome.

    [–] almost1337@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 hour ago

    Yeah, we're back to the days of websites only supporting Internet Explorer because of proprietary features and weird quirks.

    [–] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev -5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

    This is why I switched from LibreWolf. If I had to have a Chromium browser installed as a backup anyway for few important sites, I might as well use Chromium. Imo Chromium has won. It owns the web landscape. I've given up

    [–] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

    In technology, victory is fleeting.

    That's valid too. Thanks for pointing that out

    [–] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev -3 points 1 hour ago

    Yes but Brave is Chromium with functioning AdBlock

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    [–] pmjv@lemmy.world 13 points 6 hours ago

    no, because i've never seen it

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    [–] AskMeForADickPic@lemmy.world 24 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

    Firefox still exists, right?

    [–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 20 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

    Funhole containment breach. Outbreak Outbreak Outbreak

    [–] pmjv@lemmy.world 16 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

    the nomadic life has been hard on me

    [–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

    thank you for making visual content on the trail.

    [–] pmjv@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago

    the wheel of content keeps on turning whether we like it or not

    [–] 0ops@piefed.zip 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
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