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what do you think of brave (browser)?
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this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2023
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My biggest problem with Brave is it installs VPN Services without without telling you. Here's a Brave developer talking about it on the Brave subreddit.
If you need a Chromium browser. Just use ungoogled-chromium, Windows version. If you just need a browser use Firefox.
In OP's case it sounds like the VPN service is the whole reason they're using it. Not that I would recommend it, as their corporate IT likely has a policy against exactly this sort of thing
I just discovered this on a relative's computer. Any trick to removing the VPN service?
The VPN services are installed but do not run unless/until you activate Brave VPN. This is such a non-issue.