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This is not a good look for brave. (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 days ago by Irelephant@lemm.ee to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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[–] azron@lemmy.ml 41 points 2 days ago

Hahahhaah. If they are so desperate they are trying to knock off the 10 or so users on Firefox they must really be in dire straights.

[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 36 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Meh, they can shoot at Firefox if they want, but it's actually pretty good marketing for the Fox.

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[–] kuneho@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

lol

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 40 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Iirc, it only comes up if you search for firefox. They could have changed it.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 35 points 2 days ago

Confirmed. They definitely paid to advertise under "Firefox" searches.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Confirmed

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[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I got the same result, searching for Firefox on Play store

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 days ago

Yup, third confirmation that this shows up as a "limited time event" which I suspect is an ad in playstore if you search for firefox.

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[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 22 points 2 days ago (9 children)

If you're gonna get a browser with a brave-like experience, might as well get a Firefox based one like Zen.

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[–] ghost_of_faso3@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 days ago

Chromium?

No-ium

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This post needs to get to 666 upvotes and stay there.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago (4 children)

too late

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[–] borth@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

How is it more private, when the browser is the one handling your data to show you ads, on top of the websites trying to do the same. So, extra ads? Wtf.

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Brave is also just essentially rebranded Chromium funded by an anti-LGBTQ+ & anti-DEI right-wing CEO.

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[–] Valorie12@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Fox around and find out

[–] TxTechnician@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago

I tried it a few years ago. Ditched it because it's just another chromium browser.

Firefox has been my main for about 6 years now.

I fell for it because Al Swiegerts book: "Automate the boring stuff" used it in the webscrape sample.

After that I just kept using it. And felt justified in my choice when I realized the only other browsers left are chrome and Safari.

I just learned that Safari is a fork on Konquorer. So, that's interesting.

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