I never used Brave, but I believe it was sometime after they started their ad-currency-whatever-thingy (I could of course be wrong).
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IdealShrew@lemmy.world 8 months agowhen did people start hating on Brave? last I heard it was the best browser for privacy.
uranibaba@lemmy.world 8 months ago
elscallr@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They’re Chromium based, which erodes any possible claim they could make to privacy.
Use Firefox instead. You can lock it down further than you can Brave and they don’t rely on Google.
shortly2139@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Doesn’t Mozilla rely on Google for funding? Genuine question, as I though i read this else where on Lemmy