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>>rand0m+(OP)
It's always surprising to me when I hear people using the brave browser... It's by a company that initially tried to replace their blocked ads with their own "safe and non-intrusive" ads as far as I remember, until they backpaddled because of the outrage.

It's also a for-profit company and you're not the customer, as you're not paying them money.

I'd be way more worried how they're using the data they're collecting on you vs Google or MS

>>411111+hn
We have these cropping up like ants.

Mullvad

Brave

Opera

Vivaldi

Microsoft

Heck zoho is in on a browser now

What net gain does each of these companies provide over skinning chromium that isn't in Firefox?

Last time I asked brave fanboys why they don't redskin Firefox and the response was "Firefox is pita to build" all the while we have projects like palemoon and waterfox that are hobby projects. If they can work with firefox, so could someone else but no

>>2Gkash+1t
opera offers a free vpn and builtin adblocker

i would use it daily if the UI/UX was better, or more similar to firefox

>>throwa+Nt
If am not wrong, Opera is owned by some Chinese company and they are known for doing some really shady stuff [0][1] in African countries.

[0] https://blogs.opera.com/africa/2022/05/free-data-with-opera-...

[1] https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/21/opera-predatory-loa...