Brave Browser: Good or Bad?

RetroComputingCollector said:
Any browser that forcibly converts normal links to affiliate links as part of a crypto scheme is automatically scammy rubbish. The founder of the group that makes it is also in the Thielsphere and is a massive queerphobe, so he is a bigger piece of shit than the average con artist.
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Sadly, being a con artist is in higher regard these days than it should be. All I can do here (without consulting my lawyer) is to mention Marc Twain writing about his perception of the highest office of his country. So, can we be a bit more eloquent when dishing out some well deserved esteem to these ... persons? Thank you.
 
RetroComputingCollector said:
Any browser that forcibly converts normal links to affiliate links as part of a crypto scheme is automatically scammy rubbish. The founder of the group that makes it is also in the Thielsphere and is a massive queerphobe, so he is a bigger piece of shit than the average con artist. https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/
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True, I don't personally care much about his feelings towards the LGBTQ+ community, but his connections with SBF and Thiel are definite turn offs for me. Absolutely no one should trust the allies of Palantir...
 
wolffnx said:
firefox with ublock origin works fine
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+1, and if you want to be brave :cool: enable every filter list except Ignore generic cosmetic filters and Regions, languages, and add these too:

Code: 
https://www.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-problematic-sites.txt
https://www.fanboy.co.nz/r/fanboy-ultimate.txt
https://www.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-cookiemonster_ubo.txt
https://www.fanboy.co.nz/enhancedstats.txt

I enabled everything about a year ago and surprisingly websites seem fine. Can also use a system-wide HOSTS file too like StevenBlack/hosts (I use a compressed one on Android but saw large HOSTS mess with openSUSE's YaST and haven't used it on desktop in a while)
 
kent_dorfman766 said:
Brave was suggested to me, and when I visited their website I lost interest quickly. They were way too eager to espouse the virtues of their AI assisted functions.
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And that is the only reason I'm (slowly) migrating away. But this also applies to Google Chrome and even Firefox. I don't care about politics.
 
RetroComputingCollector said:
Any browser that forcibly converts normal links to affiliate links as part of a crypto scheme is automatically scammy rubbish.
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I'm not into the idea, but the way BAT is exchanged sounds a little reasonable:

Brave Rewards gives you the option to view first-party, privacy-protecting ads while you browse (these ads are from the Brave Private Ads network). If you choose to view them, you earn BAT via the Brave Rewards program.

Other tech companies steal your data to sell ads—to them, you are the product. Brave is different. We think your attention is valuable (and private!), and that you should get a fair share of the revenue for any advertising you choose to view. That fair share is rewarded in BAT.
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I block ads from a security-standpoint (Google's own AdSense served malicious malware ads on their own YouTube platform implying Google doesn't vet ads carefully before taking money to present em) and wouldn't allow em even for money, but having ads shown to potentially play-fair to website hosts for revenue (it's their website) and getting paid for it as a viewer doesn't sound too one-sided :p (although it's not clear if 3rd-party websites get their ad revenue through Brave's private ad network thing; is Brave playing fair or double-dipping?)

Brave also states multiple times their crypto/BAT/link-convert thing is optional, although I'd argue why use Brave without that as a large appeal :p

Brave's Firefox comparison is gross like early Discord ads vs Mumble. It's passable I guess if you're completely new to web browsing and don't install extensions (assuming other browsers don't block ads by-default), and for whatever reason, uBlock Origin isn't an essential extension for Firefox (easily allowing Brave to make the comparison semi-fairly; all this is from the bottom of Brave's website in their FAQ)
 
It is time to discard all web browsers and start from zero HTML6 or something like it, without Javascript and compatibility with "old web". Unfortunately Steve Jobs is not among us - he was able to do the job like retirement of Flash player.
 
mer said:
As part of this can we reimagine email as just plain text with attachments?
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This is also extremely necessary but it is much easier target - it is enough to create email client with good quality for all OS-es, working only with plain text. Special mail header line will help to filter the messages.
 
6502 said:
It is time to discard all web browsers and start from zero HTML6 or something like it, without Javascript and compatibility with "old web".
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I turned javascript.enabled off and my websites still work surprisingly, so I'm not too against that :p (lost the fancy post text editing these forums though)

I can't play a song on YouTube though so there's no way no-JS would fly for most people :p (major websites would have to get behind the ordeal, presumably at some benefit to them)
 
I respectfully disagree:
  • It's nice to highlight something in an e-mail.
  • And it's nice to make multiple arguments that are formatted as a list.
  • And it's nice to include a picture of my elephant inline. I'm omitting that in this post, since my elephant is very big, and this forum very small. Instead, you get this very generic small elephant: 🐘
  • Did I mention emojis being fun? Some people disagree on that :(, but it's a viewpoint.
  • And sometimes I make incorrect arguments, which I then strike out.
All this is also useful in an e-mail.
 
> Brave Browser: Good or Bad?

Its just another clone, nothing more.

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