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Brave works for what I need it to do. I don’t like lending credence to bigots(secret or otherwise) but if someone is gonna say “don’t use this browser” they need to list a replacement that has the same functionality. And it can’t be “just use duckduckgo” because we all fucking have that on our phones and none of us can use it as our primary browser and we all know exactly why. 😒

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64 points

What’s wrong with Firefox?

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10 points

Nothing. I use it all the time.

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3 points

A little slower, but nothing. Mullvad is pretty good. A mix of Firefox and Tor.

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1 point

On Android, Firefox is still less secure than Chromium-based alternatives: Mozilla’s engine, GeckoView, has yet to support site isolation or enable isolatedProcess.

From Privacy Guides. Firefox on desktop though!

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For me personally, the one and only reason I don’t main Firefox is because it doesn’t work with Chromecast and I use that a LOT. I would switch to FF tomorrow if I could easily and reliably cast with it.

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9 points

getting addicted to proprietary software is a terrible idea. this is just the first of many losses you will have if you stick to that tech

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-3 points

It works almost exactly the same as Chrome.

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-23 points

It has a monopoly on being non-Chromium based

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23 points

Chromium is the browser monopoly.

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8 points

Why?

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1 point

As far as I’m aware, the ddg browser collects data and they sell it to Microsoft. The search by itself is fine though.

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Do you have a source for the claim that DuckDuckGo browser is selling user data to Microsoft?

You might be referring to the time when the DuckDuckGo browser was blocking all known trackers except Microsoft trackers. After that information was made public and users complained, DuckDuckGo was able to renegotiate its agreement with Microsoft so that it can block their trackers.

Furthermore, DuckDuckGo now publish their blocklist on GitHub.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/05/duckduckgo-microsoft-tracking-scripts

So this privacy issue has been rectified now. But even if it hadn’t, failing to block Microsoft trackers isn’t the same as collecting data and selling it to Microsoft.

But if you are aware of DDG browser selling data to Microsoft, please share a source.

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Really? I thought that used Bing search as backend but not that they sell your data

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