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[–] 90 points 3 years ago (7 children)

No idea why people use and recommend Brave when Firefox exists. It's full of crypto and other unnecessary add-ons out of the box.

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  • [+] 38 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    A guy who was their CEO for 11 days 9 years ago?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    Since it is based on Chromium, but promises to keep the new Google tracking out in the future and maintain compatibility with extensions, I can see why it would be recommended. But only as a backup to access a site that won't load in Firefox.

    we're back to the days when Firefox first came out, except instead of some websites only working with IE, they'll only work in Chrome/Edge.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    Firefox still doesn't have vertical tabs which I've found really useful for my workflow right now, so I use a fork called Pulse. Don't want to use any extensions for it when Pulse and other forks do it natively.

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

    There's a million add-ons that add this, isn't there? I have one installed at home that basically makes it into what arc has

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

    sorry, why not tree style tabs?

    you can hide the normal tab bar and only have the tree style ones on the side

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I explain it in another comment, tl;dr: have to edit userChrome.css to give it a more streamlined look (and Mozilla calls that feature "legacy" in about:config since v69 which kinda worries me about that feature's removal) and I'm not sure if some extensions might conflict (Would it have issues with Simple Tab Groups). Pulse does it natively and really well, so I'm happy with it.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I know it's most likely not relevant with you anymore, since you're using Pulse, but have you tried any of the vertical/tree tab extensions?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    I used Tree Style Tab but I didn't like having to change the userChrome.css to make it streamlined (i.e. hiding the tab bar), while Pulse does it natively and really well. I do have an extension for tab groups that imitates Vivaldi's tab workspaces though, not sure if those will conflict. (If you're curious, it's called Simple Tab Groups.)

    Edit: There's also the issue of Mozilla calling the editable userChrome.css a legacy feature, which kinda worries me about its possible removal. Pulse having vertical tabs as a native feature skips that.

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  • [+] -19 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    Because Firefox on IOS has no browser extensions

    Edit: Why are you booing me

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

    that is because all browsers on iOS are basically safari cuz Apple doesn't allow fun

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

    Orion apparently allows extensions like uBlock Origin. Not sure if anyone has put it to the test but superficially, its there. Hard to tell where Orion ends and uBlock Origin begins since it seems adept at dealing with fingerprinting and other niceties by itself

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    You can't download and run code on iOS, which is pretty much the definition of an extension. You could ship some extensions "with" your browser, but at that point they're just a feature. iOS has adblocking addons at the system level though, doesn't it?

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  • [+] -27 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Says it comes with unnecessary add-ons Comes with 0 unnecessary add-ons

    Bravephobes are now just making shit up Lol

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  • [–] 33 points 3 years ago (1 child)
    • Brave Rewards
    • Brave Talk
    • Brave Search
    • Brave News
    • Brave Wallet

    Yeah, such a light and lean browser...

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  • [+] -28 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    All of that Firefox has its equivalents as well as some of that being untrue as they're search engines not websites etc

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

    Brave has adware and bloat preinstalled, firefox doesn't even have something similar to this.

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  • [–] -5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Why do Bravephobes love making shit up and projecting?

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

    Why are you gaslighting so hard. Just lookup what adware is. It has literally preinstalled crypto marketing widget that you need to disable or smth and also provide a opt-in ads for crypto solution that has opt-out "Gift the tokens to the page that has no wallet"

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

    BR = Ads like all browsers except off by default and it pays you

    BT = Nothing, not part of the browser

    BS = That's just a fucking search engine. What browser doesn't come with one Lol

    BW = FF also has "bloat" like phishing protection except the wallet is actually useful and isn't just a censorship tool

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