• Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    For further explanation of any point, please hit me up :)

    • It is Chromium based
    • It has used dubious methods in the past (replacing links with affiliate links, the whole ad/crypto thing, …)
    • Brave’s business model relies on ads (I think)
    • [This is a weak point, but at least in the privacy community, Brave isn’t super popular. It feels more geared towards the “hyped crypto early adopters”. [1] It might be “fine” for someone switching from Chrome (which is always a good thing) but going all the way would be a modded Firefox.]

    TL;DR For most provacy concious Brave users, Brave is a step in their journey towards more privacy, and not the final destination.

    [1] The “dumb AF tech youtubers” you mentioned in another post are typically the Brave hype crowd. This is not meant to discredit Brave; it’s just that a share of their users are this way.

    • ᗪᗩᗰᑎ@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      All good points but I’d like to point out that the first one is likely the biggest reason not to use it - it’s based on Chromium and continues to give Google/Chrome the browser market share to dictate the direction of the web.