- i_am_hard@sh.itjust.worksEnglish1 year
How is brave ever a better alternative to Firefox. What a load of horse shit.
- myersguy@lemmy.simpl.websiteEnglish1 year
To be fair to the video, it presented alternative browsers for those who either aren’t happy about recent Firefox changes, or users who want a secondary browser. I’m not a fan of Brave personally, but the video never really makes the claim that Brave is objectively better than Firefox
- myersguy@lemmy.simpl.websiteEnglish1 year
“better” is kind of implied when you suggest “alternatives”.
Only with context, which is kind of what I was trying to say. The context was Firefox users who are not happy with its current direction, or people looking for a secondary browser. That kind of makes the only necessary criteria “Not Firefox”. Everything else is the creator’s opinions of which ones you “must try”.
- acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish1 year
exactly, context is important when comparing firefox to brave. firefox is being held to a high ethical standard here where brave is not.
- pirat@lemmy.worldEnglish1 year
Is it really? I’d say an alternative is generally just “another option that has (more or less) the same features”. Better isn’t really implied, as that’s someone’s subjective opinion.
- acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish1 year
why would you bother looking for an alternative with more or less the same features?
because the implication is the app you are using now is unacceptable in some way, and the alternatives are not, hence “better”.
- fl42v@lemmy.mlEnglish1 year
Riiiiight, a chromium fork with questionable crypyo and a history of even more questionable decisions (referral scam or not blocking all the trackers, for example) is better than a non-chromium non-fork with no crypto and a history of questionable decisions.
- 1 year
Despite the negative things in Brave’s history, it is currently the best working browser on iOS that has a working adblock feature.
- jrgn@lemmy.worldEnglish1 year
Same! It’s my go-to Chromium-based browser. It’s the same folks who created the OG Opera browser (not the current Chromium based one)
- standarduser@lemm.eeEnglish1 year
How is Vivaldi with security? I had used it for a few months a few years ago before I started caring for my own privacy but never looked in to it. I know it’s by former opera devs but that’s the extent. Is it FOSS?
- jetpackbarry@sh.itjust.worksEnglish1 year
I’m no security expert but I’ve heard that although it’s not the absolute safest, it’s still pretty good. There’s some options you can check when first running it. A starting point may be their official privacy page
- lockedcasket@lemm.eeEnglish1 year
Just rediscovered Vivaldi recently and I’m really liking it. I can see why people could call it ‘bloated’ but if you take advantage of all of the customizations and features offered then it can really work for you. Just works with my workflow beautifully.
- xylogx@lemmy.worldEnglish1 year
From the chapter headings:
LibreWolf
Zen Browser
Mullvad Browser
Tor Browser
Vivaldi Browser
Ladybird
Orion Browser
Brave
