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This is not a good look for brave. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago by Irelephant@lemm.ee to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago

Desperate much??

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago (5 children)

If you're gonna get a browser with a brave-like experience, might as well get a Firefox based one like Zen.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

How about no

Either Firefox with Arkenfox userjs or Librewolf

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago

Android app person here. They used that title in an A/B test to see if it would help them get more installs for when people searched "Firefox". That is why 1. They picked the words "fire" and "fox", and 2. Why you're not seeing it.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

After installing Brave I was getting some kind of failed login popup in my GNOME desktop environment. Uninstalled it and the popup disappeared. It gave me the heeby jeebies about Brave.

[–] pixelapoc@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not to defend Brave, but this sounds like it was just a pop-up for the Gnome key wallet or something like that.

[–] cactus_head@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, it tries to use the keyring to store passwords every time you launch it even if you turned off password saving, the same applies to chrome and chromium browsers in general plus most password managers, tho not always. I tried to troubleshoot it, most forums online suggested to remove gnome key-rings if you are not using them but it kept reinstalling it. This plus brave being slower on mobile made me switch to firefox

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[–] Valorie12@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Fox around and find out

[–] TxTechnician@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

I tried it a few years ago. Ditched it because it's just another chromium browser.

Firefox has been my main for about 6 years now.

I fell for it because Al Swiegerts book: "Automate the boring stuff" used it in the webscrape sample.

After that I just kept using it. And felt justified in my choice when I realized the only other browsers left are chrome and Safari.

I just learned that Safari is a fork on Konquorer. So, that's interesting.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I use Brave for solely one purpose that I hope to see in Firefox one day. It’s the only app I’ve found that lets you locally download a web video and play it natively on CarPlay. I rarely use it, but it’s handy when I need it.

[–] Bumblefumble@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you often watch videos while driving? Or am I missing something?

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[–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Personally I never even considered installing it because of its stupid name.

[–] kuneho@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

lol

[–] Stomata@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm not seeing this

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