I thought brave ended up having privacy issues? Is this no longer the case? I just recently switched to ff after being a chrome user for so long (went from FF to chrome long ago)

[-] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Brave is like Apple. Privacy is just a marketing tactic.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Lol so what I read was correct lol

[-] bloddclaw@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

FF isn't private out the box either.

[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

People believe what they want.

But, you are correct.

Not necessarily because FF is bad, but because the internet and web standards are often stupid and not privacy friendly.

Webrtc? Great! (But, by default, it leaks your real IP address even with a VPN). WebGL, web GPU, etc. Sketchy not privacy friendly standards

But, again. At least FF allows obfuscation either by fingerprint blocking or masking or other config settings. But.. it is tedious. And they change flags and flag names constantly.

FF at least allows you to mod it so you can use it without leaks.

What irks me is all the telemetry. And this new deal they call fog.

And the impossible to get rid of add-ons I never asked for. No, I don't want screenshots built in. Nor amazon, or google, or eBay, or Normandy or opt out studies

After all the tweaks I make manually (arkenfox user.js is nice, too) it ends up well over a hundred settings to get what I want functionality and privacy wise.

And, yet, it is still the absolute best of the browsers.

(Tor, mull, and librefox as well)

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Its so much better, especially if you aren't already lost in Google's sauce.

[-] GodsKillerKirb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm an Android user, but luckily I never really got lost in google's sauce.

I'm pretty sure I used Chrome early on in my Android days but not for very long.

Currently, and for the foreseeable future, my primary browser on Android is Firefox Nightly and I do run firefox on all my computers (I do use Linux).

[-] Promethilaus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Nowadays i use cromite on android and firefox on desktop

[-] The_Mixer_Dude@lemmus.org 0 points 11 months ago

I'm lost in Google's sauce and it's great

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

A sacrifice of body and soul

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Saw my first youtube ad in years on pc today... Dark times.

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What happened?

And it's okay. You can cry on my shoulder. Come 'ere. It's gonna be alright...

[-] boratul@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago

there are also those annoying nerds who think they're cool cause they use opera GX that make me cringe so badly...

[-] ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago

Do you remember when Quantum came out and broke a ton of addon compatibility? Pepperidge Farm remembers

[-] technicalogical@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It got better, those were dark days though...

[-] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Didn't upgrade till my extensions were ported to the new system. That left me vulnerable for a while (security wise)

[-] ofek256@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Vouch for Waterfox tbh, really great

[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

or librrwolf

[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Or mull - made by mullvad, the VPN guys. It has all the tor privacy without the tor network and gets updates because, unlike tor, it's not based on the ESR.

[-] autumnrivers@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

My friends have gotten so used to me talking about Firefox that whenever they complain about Chrome they immediately say "Don't" when I start typing

[-] Heldenhirn@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Fight me but I like how Chrome looks and feels. I also have zero issues with its functionality. Many people here are trying to paint it as if it's a bad browser but the billions using it tell a different story. The issue with chrome isn't chrome itself but the company behind it.

Will I switch if they start blocking AdBlock? Yes, but only because of this.