Feedback about Brave browser 1.0

l0f4r0 · 11-16-2019, 04:28 AM

Brave browser 1.0 is out!
https://brave.com/brave-launches-nex...ation-browser/

What do you think about that news or browser? Especially compared to other solutions (with appropriate privacy add-ons installed along)?
Did you use the beta version? Do you plan to install the stable one?

syg00 · 11-16-2019, 04:33 AM

I've been using it for a couple of months. Does what it says on the tin. Sometimes a little slow converting sites to https, but I'm on a poor line anyway. Have seen no reason to change back to f/f.

l0f4r0 · 11-29-2019, 07:58 AM

It seems the debate is not so passionate

////// · 11-29-2019, 08:15 AM

never heard about it, just downloaded it and testing, feels ok.

ondoho · 11-29-2019, 01:03 PM

I'm largely against it.

////// · 11-29-2019, 11:49 PM

thanks for the link ondoho.
i am happy bcus i am not seeing ads, and i am not using extensions.

Code:

...This version of Brave is preloaded with approximately 250 ads,
and sends a detailed log of the user's browsing activity to Brave for the short-term
purpose of testing this functionality...

that sounds shady.

GPGAgent · 11-30-2019, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

I'm largely against it.

Besides this

Quote:

Critical reception
In January 2016, in reaction to Brave Software's initial announcement, Sebastian Anthony of Ars Technica described Brave as a "cash-grab" and a "double dip". Anthony concluded, "Brave is an interesting idea, but generally it's rather frowned upon to stick your own ads in front of someone else's".[15] TechCrunch,[16] Computerworld,[17] and Engadget[18] termed Brave's ad replacement plans "controversial" in 2016.

In February 2016, Andy Patrizio of Network World reviewed a pre-release version of Brave. Patrizio criticized the browser's feature set as "mighty primitive," but lauded its performance: "Pages load instantly. I can't really benchmark page loads since they happen faster than I can start/stop the stopwatch".[19]

In April 2016, the CEO of the Newspaper Association of America, David Chavern, said that Brave's proposed replacement of advertising "should be viewed as illegal and deceptive by the courts, consumers, and those who value the creation of content".[citation needed]

In April 2017, TechWorld praised Brave's "great speeds and advanced ad-tracking controls", but said that its "extension functionality is still lacking".[20]

Features

Why?

Grave Digger · 11-30-2019, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by //////

thanks for the link ondoho.
i am happy bcus i am not seeing ads, and i am not using extensions.

Code:

...This version of Brave is preloaded with approximately 250 ads,
and sends a detailed log of the user's browsing activity to Brave for the short-term
purpose of testing this functionality...

that sounds shady.

that's because it is. brave IS built to protect ones privacy. either we're being punked by ondoho or ongoho got punked. that said brave makes for a good secondary browsers. i'm much more partial to vivaldi.