I have seen many people in this community either talking about switching to Brave, or people who are actively using Brave. I would like to remind people that Brave browser (and by extension their search engine) is not privacy-centric whatsoever.

Brave was already ousted as spyware in the past and the company has made many decisions that are questionable at best. For example, Brave made a cryptocurrency which they then added to a rewards program that is built into the browser to encourage you to enable ads that are controlled by Brave.

Edit: Please be aware that the spyware article on Brave (and the rest of the browsers on the site) is outdated and may not reflect the browser as it is today.

After creating this cryptocurrency and rewards program, they started inserting affiliate codes into URL’s. Prior to this they had faked fundraising for popular social media creators.

Do these decisions seem like ones a company that cares about their users (and by extension their privacy) would make? I’d say the answer is a very clear no.

One last thing, Brave illegally promoted an eToro affiliate program making a fortune from its users who will likely lose their money.

Edit: To the people commenting saying how Brave has a good out-of-the-box experience compared to other browsers, yes, it does. However, this is not a warning for your average person, this is a warning for people who actively care about their privacy and don’t mind configuring their browser to maximize said privacy.

  • trailing9@lemmy.ml
    5627·
    9 months ago

    Why are there daily posts against Brave but not against other browsers? Is Google more trustworthy than Brave?

    • seaQueue@lemmy.world
      1415·
      9 months ago

      Because Brave likes to portray itself as privacy friendly. We already know Chrome, Edge and others aren’t.

    • Katlah@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      957·
      9 months ago

      Because people in this community already know not to use Google Chrome and Microsoft.

      • Katlah@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
        284·
        9 months ago

        daily posts against Brave

        Also, where are these daily posts? Personally I haven’t seen any saying “don’t use Brave” which is why I made this post in the first place.

        • trailing9@lemmy.ml
          73·
          9 months ago

          I have been browsing /new since about a week and this is the third anti-brave submission that I see there.

          • rockSlayer@lemmy.world
            111·
            9 months ago

            You’re probably seeing similar posts from different communities, especially if you’re browsing through all rather than subscribed or local.

      • agent_flounder@lemmy.oneEnglish
        101·
        9 months ago

        I see all too many recommendations to use Brave in comments so a post like this is of value.

    • loki@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      I mean it’s a free forum, you can make one if you want to.

      • trailing9@lemmy.ml
        21·
        9 months ago

        I don’t object the creation. I just want to know why there is that discrepancy.