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Why I recommend against Brave. (thelibre.news)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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If you are keen on personal privacy, you might have come across Brave Browser. Brave is a Chromium-based browser that promises to deliver privacy with built-in ad-blocking and content-blocking protection. It also offers several quality-of-life features and services, like a VPN and Tor access. I mean, it's even listed on the reputable PrivacyTools website. Why am I telling you to steer clear of this browser, then?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My take: We can have an open source browser. No resources are required. We don't need ads to view content we make. There is no need for a megacorp or any entity taking money and controlling us.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

We can have an open source browser.

Most browsers are already open source. They're all funded by advertising (except Safari which is a whole other problem).

No resources are required.

Are you planning to imagine it into existence?

When you find one that has some sort of sustainable model that isn't advertising, please let me know. I'll be all over it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Okay are you ready?

The model:

  • We program it
  • For literally fun
  • Together many people, that find different parts of bringing the web to people safely
  • We do it completely altruistic
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't think you understand. It would take you time to do that. A whole lot of time. Probably thousands of hours. Time is what's known as a "resource".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I understood perfectly, your claim is that it takes advertisement. Not time. And nobody has said it doesn't take time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I understood perfectly

You very clearly did not and still do not.

your claim is that it takes advertisement. Not time.

Somehow you managed to gloss over the only point of my statement while also simultaneously fabricating things that I never said anything about.

And nobody has said it doesn't take time.

You said "no resources are required". As I've just finished mentioning, time is a resource.