I read through the comments and figured I should try to help balance the discussion. For risk of getting pounced on, I use brave browser and brave search for all my personal needs. It is pre configured with things I care about out of the box, ipfs on mobile, great adblock by default, I experimented with their ad/crypto thing. I’m very happy we have companies trying to do new things, the naysayers will shit on innovation always, so “do your own research” lmao. Other features are a built in crypto wallet.
Other things I care about are their terms of service. Whether you believe it or not, at least we have a company out there trying to champion privacy by default. DuckDuckGo is similar on that regard. They also have their own search engine and their AI powered answers is very good, much better than Google’s at this point. I find myself not having to go to Google as often anymore. It’s really good these days!
They also push the envelope and put their money where their mouth is so to speak privacy wise by continually coming out with new features for privacy and security. I honestly do not understand how a privacy community will shit all over Brave. And no I don’t care about their founder nor about their copyright AI infringing API. Have none of you sailed the high seas? If it personally affects you then sue them.
Concerning the company’s politics, I begrudgingly use Brave. A lot of people will cut you off as soon as you say “I use Brave, but…”
It comes preconfigured blocking most ads with no extensions which is a plus. It runs faster than chrome which is a plus. If a page is broken, you just turn off adblocking instead of having to launch a separate browser. So yeah, in terms of user experience, it’s great.
I don’t trust google and I don’t have any reasons to trust brave as a company, but for the time being it seems like the lesser of two evils.
Such a good write up. Thank you. Kinda same opinion. I mainly trust Brave. Yup, there are some weird things were done but who didn’t. Especially if you try to do massive project with new finance model and at the same time go against biggest tech. Of course there will be some caviots here and there. They put their money where their mouth. The most important point!
I read through the comments and figured I should try to help balance the discussion. For risk of getting pounced on, I use brave browser and brave search for all my personal needs. It is pre configured with things I care about out of the box, ipfs on mobile, great adblock by default, I experimented with their ad/crypto thing. I’m very happy we have companies trying to do new things, the naysayers will shit on innovation always, so “do your own research” lmao. Other features are a built in crypto wallet.
Other things I care about are their terms of service. Whether you believe it or not, at least we have a company out there trying to champion privacy by default. DuckDuckGo is similar on that regard. They also have their own search engine and their AI powered answers is very good, much better than Google’s at this point. I find myself not having to go to Google as often anymore. It’s really good these days!
They also push the envelope and put their money where their mouth is so to speak privacy wise by continually coming out with new features for privacy and security. I honestly do not understand how a privacy community will shit all over Brave. And no I don’t care about their founder nor about their copyright AI infringing API. Have none of you sailed the high seas? If it personally affects you then sue them.
Concerning the company’s politics, I begrudgingly use Brave. A lot of people will cut you off as soon as you say “I use Brave, but…”
It comes preconfigured blocking most ads with no extensions which is a plus. It runs faster than chrome which is a plus. If a page is broken, you just turn off adblocking instead of having to launch a separate browser. So yeah, in terms of user experience, it’s great.
I don’t trust google and I don’t have any reasons to trust brave as a company, but for the time being it seems like the lesser of two evils.
Such a good write up. Thank you. Kinda same opinion. I mainly trust Brave. Yup, there are some weird things were done but who didn’t. Especially if you try to do massive project with new finance model and at the same time go against biggest tech. Of course there will be some caviots here and there. They put their money where their mouth. The most important point!