I unfortunately have. Enough things don't work on Firefox (especially anything Microsoft related, weird account related issues) that I end up having to use Chrome for quite a few things, and eventually the friction of remembering what I'm logged into in each browser drives me slowly towards the one where everything works... Which is Chrome. Well, Chromium. But maybe I'll try this new Brave Origin since it's free on Linux.
Interesting that it’s paying to remove features. Seems reasonable considering it’s paying to get an officially supported build, and if you’d rather not there’s probably a fork doing the same out there.
Edit: That it’s free (as in WinRAR?) on Linux is interesting; what would be the motive for doing that?
I'd use Brave, and pay for it, if it wasn't running Blink. I know Gecko is a pain in the butt to use, but I'd rather not make Google's hegemony on the web stronger by using their code.
Sorry Brendan, hopefully you'll look into Ladybird once it's more usable.
There's no need for a "Sorry". On the other hand, Brave dying on the wrong hill does not help anyone. This isn't a "wreck other parts of the world so our slice of the smaller resulting pie is a bigger fraction" exercise of the sort seemingly playing out in the world right now. Gecko is not going to make a comeback by holding down a Chromium-based browser.
So by having you pay to disable Tor, the llm, and all their extra features are they basically admitting that none of their users actually want those things and that bundling those things is how they generate revenue?
Brave's features don't bother me nearly as much as some people. It's privacy-oriented, I don't mind. Crypto isn't just an obtuse deal-breaker. Though it all begs the question how exactly monetization occurs.
According to Grok:
1. Opt-in ads that Brave serves and is paid for. "Ads are matched on-device using local browsing data—no profiling or data leaves your device, unlike Big Tech ads."
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Sorry Brendan, hopefully you'll look into Ladybird once it's more usable.
There's no need for a "Sorry". On the other hand, Brave dying on the wrong hill does not help anyone. This isn't a "wreck other parts of the world so our slice of the smaller resulting pie is a bigger fraction" exercise of the sort seemingly playing out in the world right now. Gecko is not going to make a comeback by holding down a Chromium-based browser.
I'm a supporter of Ladybird.
https://account.brave.com/?intent=checkout&product=origin
I'm just repeating this from another comment deeper-in. @microflash https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47833071#47843941
Brave's features don't bother me nearly as much as some people. It's privacy-oriented, I don't mind. Crypto isn't just an obtuse deal-breaker. Though it all begs the question how exactly monetization occurs.
According to Grok:
1. Opt-in ads that Brave serves and is paid for. "Ads are matched on-device using local browsing data—no profiling or data leaves your device, unlike Big Tech ads."
2. Subscriptions to premium features.
3. Revenue on Brave wallet fees.