• Banzai51@midwest.social
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      Use Firefox. The crypto bros running Brave have been caught multiple times gathering and selling user data. You use Chrome as the base when you want to hoover data.

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        False.

        They sold data from Brave search, which you don’t have to use. (and I don’t.)

        Also, the crypto thing is also opt-in. You don’t have to use it either.

        It works better than Firefox, especially if your aim is blocking ads.

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          “I trust these guys to not sell my data because they’ve only sold me data over there” is a hell of a take.

          Someone has their identity tied up in this for some reason

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            I think that, if you’re going to pretend to know what you’re talking about, you should know what you’re talking about.

            I think it’s a good thing that a person as to willingly opt-in to data collection.

            It’s really that simple.

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              They still sold user data without being upfront about it until caught, and are still running a shady-ass business. They’re at the intersection of crypto, bigotry, and dishonesty.

              Not using or advocating for Brave is pretty simple.

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                They still sold user data without being upfront about it until caught,

                And then they did better, as a business should. It’s all in their FAQ.

                I’m not sure why there has to be a circle jerk of trolls any time someone mentions Brave, but here we are.

                • Dark_Dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                  How much of a corporate shill are you? Do you own the company or something? Be open minded and try other things. Don’t be a corporate drone. Don’t defend the corporate doing as right , defend your interests first.

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      No thank you, I’ll use Firefox instead. Brendan Eich the CEO of Brave is a POS, he donates to shitty causes and then pretends that those donations don’t define him as a bigot.

      “In other words, because he silently donated to causes seeking to strip rights from minority groups instead of directly harassing them, the outrage was unjustified.”

      https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/