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Why you shouldn't use Brave Browser (www.spacebar.news)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 85 points 3 years ago (5 children)

The fact that its main 2 gimmicks are a shitty ad blocker and integrated cryptocurrency should be enough of a red flag, honestly. Just use Firefox, people!

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I am using Brave on iOS mainly because of its superb YouTube support - It has a built in ad block, can download videos offline and play minimized. Is there any way I can achieve this with any other browser? I would switch immediately.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    Firefox doesn't block ads on my iPad. Only reason I still use brave

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but i believe that's because it's not really Firefox, everything on apple devices is forced to use safari, all you do with the "Firefox" installation is change the ui.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    You are not wrong, no correction needed. However, their "Firefox Go" browser blocks ads, so it's a little annoying that the full browser doesn't. I only really use brave for YouTube on it anyway. Firefox I still use for normal browsing there and everywhere else.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Firefox is significantly slower though...

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Not really that significant when you're using it, I promise. I'm usually all for speed, but FF has better functionality than the competition.

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  • [+] -12 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    No fuck Mozilla

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