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Me and my colleagues in tech call it the 'Granny Browser'.
Either use Firefox/UBlock Origin or Brave. Brave's native adblock is good enough you don't need add-ons.
I dont know why people keep recommending brave.
its a fucking scummy fucking browser that has a history of stealing money, hijacking referal codes (like honey just got in deep trouble over), installing unnecessary software without consent and more.
Are you implying the crypto-bro browser with connections to a billionaire that runs the largest corporate intelligence agency in the world may not be the best choice of browser? That's not the sort of attitude that generates value for the shareholders.
My friends who are less tech literate swear by brave. I think it's the way they market their browser... Some of Brave's core audience don't want to install a third party extension for adblock (either they don't like third party or they just don't know they can do it in other browsers)
Also on opening a new tab, they show the stats of how much data they saved and how much ads it blocked. Some people like seeing the number grow.
All this is my speculation. There may be some other reason for it being this popular.
If it's being heavily marketed, that's a red flag.
Because it just works fine and block ads by default, maybe? A wild guess, I know. /s
Because it's good.
Bullshit.
If you want to use the browser despite those controversies then that's your choice, but be honest enough to admit they exist.
I don't use brave and haven't for a long time, but these things are well documented.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/brave-browser-under-fire-for-alleged-sale-of-copyrighted-data/491854/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/brave-browser-the-bad-and-the-ugly/
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/brave-affiliate-links-autocomplete
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/browsing/brave-browser-is-installing-a-vpn-without-your-permission
These are negligible or even non-issues and it's not like Mozilla didn't have its fair share of controversies as well. In no way they are "better", whatever this means.
Yeah, I peeked at your moderation history after posting, it's OK, I see now this is the best I could have expected in answer. Good day to you!
Hes the kind of person that gets haughty and arrogant over warnings to be safe.
and the first person to start crying about "how did this happen, how could anybody let this happen, why didnt anyone stop this from happening!" the second they are personally fucked over by ignoring the repeated warnings they were given.
Because it's a good product.
They really only recommend it because the average joe doesn't need to install UBO on it, I also removed it after the VPN service controversy.