It gets my goat that people think it’s a good option. There are plenty of articles explaining some of the many issues with it, but a few are:

  1. It’s run by anti-LGBTQ+ crypto bros.
  2. It has ads right out of the box.
  3. It collected donations towards people who never signed up for them - then held them to ransom in exchange for the kind of information you should never share on the Internet.
  4. They’re a for-profit advertising company. “Privacy-centric” my elbow.
  • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    3 hours ago

    It’s because no-one knows any alternatives.

    If one wants a Chrome-based browser that isn’t Chrome, Brave is the highest-profile one by orders of magnitude. Next is a bunch of high-SEO scamware before honest projects like Vivaldi or Helium are even a whisper.

    …So I don’t really blame folks for using Brave. They aren’t omniscient, and an honest effort to avoid Chrome is still a positive.

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 hours ago

        Thats obscure information, too. It’s reasonable to not know.

        I draw the line when Brave’s awfulness is pointed out, linked, with alternatives presented, yet the Brave user digs in their heels and takes criticism of their browser choice personally. That is just ego.

      • 7101334@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        1 hour ago

        I recommend(ed) it so people have a mobile browser with functional adblock. I don’t need to research further to know it does that well, which frankly is all most people will care about.

    • wabasso@lemmy.caEnglish
      21·
      1 hour ago

      I’m still mystified as to how Brave took any market share. I thought there’s two camps: people who care about browser privacy and people who don’t. The latter crowd stay with Chrome or whatever their PC comes with. The former crowd…did I miss a memo on what was wrong with Firefox?

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        48 minutes ago

        With Firefox, presumably compatibility, AI stuff, and a string of lesser Mozilla controversies, I guess?

        As for Brave, I think you’re underestimating people. They don’t want to be tracked, they don’t want to see ads. They won’t necessarily go seek a solution out, but if a one-click solution to fix that presents itself in front of their eyeballs, they might try it.