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Spyware Watchdog has been a resource for checking browser's for a very long time. It's not longer maintained, which is why I said "in the past".
The fact you even bring up this dead extension...
You can use AdGuard and Safari, but if you're on iOS you've already given up any semblance of privacy in the first place.
Oh, yes, because Android is so trustworthy, right? Google would never turn evil, after all. But I suppose you are sharing your wisdom from the coziness of a Windows desktop.
You’re right that default Android found on nearly all smartphones today is not that much better than iOS. There is the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) however, which means the base of Android is free and open source and therefore allows for lore privacy focused versions of Android to exist such as LineageOS, Graphene OS, Calyx OS or /e/ OS. This isn’t possible at all with Apple’s iOS and one can therefore even claim it to be worse than Android in that sense.
There are plenty of open-sourced android OS'.
GrapheneOS, LineageOS, CalyxOS, ect. You have options, unlike with an iPhone.
You have options if you have a Google-branded phone. If you have something like a 2021 Sony Xperia, your options /might/ include LineageOS, else you’re stuck with buggy unofficial builds. Ask me how I know.
You only get options in Android land if the phone is/was popular.
I am aware of this, the mobile market is severely lacking in the privacy department in general.
So you would agree that bitching about the browser while using a stock OS is kinda pathetic?
So if you can't use a private OS is better to just send your data to many third-parties as possible? I don't follow your reasoning.
Actually, giving many parties a bit of your data is indeed still better than giving all of it to one. That, however, is not the point: As far as privacy is concerned, i cannot see any facts that would lead me to believe that Brave is any worse than Chrome, Safari or Edge.
I admit to using Windows, however I don't use stock Windows. The version of Windows I use has made the telemetry and such as minimized as possible. The only reason I haven't switched to Linux is because I still rely on some programs that don't have great Linux alternatives. Just because you are running an OS that isn't the most privacy-centric doesn't mean you shouldn't care about privacy at all.
That is true but Windows is a privacy nightmare. You may be able to mitigate the problem but it’s still windows. When your house is on fire and you tell people to please not use candles, you are technically correct because of course we don’t want more fire but does it really matter?
It's more like when your house is on fire and you tell people not to throw gasoline on it. Adding even more privacy risks doesn't make sense.
Edit: typo
So you would agree you've not a leg to stand on and are flailing?