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[-] raltoid@lemmy.world 287 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The ceo is a bigoted asshole, Brave is chromium, it was initially funded by Peter Thiel and they're literally just trying to make their own adsense network.

The self-proclaimed privacy focused browser is tracking your browsing and want to serve you personalized ads, and I think they want to use that tracking data for AI training as well, meaning other people can potentially access it.

And lets not forget about their crypto currency that you can earn by turning on special ads. Which they seemingly unironically called it "Basic Attent Tokens"..

TL;DR: The company is basically a sham company trying to usher in a dystopia. Where you'll get paid for staring at ads, while having all your data stolen and sold back to you.

[-] sic_1@feddit.de 81 points 2 years ago

I see no reason to use any other browser than Firefox and maybe Librewolf.

[-] Amilo159@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Firefox on desktop is awesome. Firefox on mobile is painful.

[-] Darth_Vader__@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

Android firefox is ok now. Moreover now it supports add ons too and there are some good add ons there.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 13 points 2 years ago

It's a very small number of add-ons, but one of them is uBlock Origin, and that's all I really want.

[-] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

You can just change the list of supported add-ons to whatever you like.

Only if you tie your browser with an account at Mozilla. No way to do it without an account.

[-] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Only if you need your list. Otherwise you can just switch the list I'd to one including your extensions

[-] Fissionami@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Where can I change this list?

[-] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In the settings under "custom add-on list". You might need to enter dev mode, which you do by tapping the Firefox logo in the about menu 5 times (you get a toast with your progress).

After that you enter the userID ND the collection name in the popup and confirm.

Details:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/extended-add-support

And a reddit comment with a list you can use:

https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/j1ta1s/comment/g720d72/

[-] Darth_Vader__@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

If firefox gets more popular then maybe more add ons can appear..

at least they support add ons like CHROME

[-] HorseFD@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

What’s wrong with Firefox on iOS? I realise it’s WebKit with a Firefox skin, but it seems to work well enough.

[-] Amilo159@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago

User interface is poor. Cannot customise the gui at all so I feel like it's a downgrade over Samsung browser that also supports ad blocks.

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