Is the browser bad, or is the creator of the browser bad?
They’re both bad.
CEO has been discussed ad infinitum so, here’s why I dont like the browser and feel it is bad:
Its a bloated version of chromium. Its got too many stupid fucking settings you need to turn off to have a halfway decent experience. Examples include (but are not limited to) autofill, brave wallet, brave AI, brave sidebar, braves proxy search engine, that weird brave triangle crypto rewards icon
In addition to that, it’s also chromium based. You are using a browser that supports googles monopoly on the internet.
You can very easily use Cromite (multiplat), Ungoogled Chromium (Desktop), or Vandium (GrapheneOS) if you need a chromium based browser for work or some edge case, and in my experience they feel a lot lighter and faster by default. Cromite has even developed extension support for Android, which to my knowledge is the only chromium based android browser to do so.
If you dont have one of those edge cases, why even support googles monopoly on internet traffic if you don’t need to? LibreWolf, Mullvad Browser, Waterfox, Celenitys Pheonix, IronFox, Tor, Fennec, Floorp so on and so fourth exist. They’re all fantastic, and they cover pretty much every workflow and threat model.
I have a lot of that turned off, I hadnt realized it was such an issue to others. I guess I am pretty likely to fiddle with things.
Support of elgooG is a good reason to convert to another browser.
Cromite does sound more appealing now, I usually have around 50 tabs open, so I dont know how it would handle that. But its definitely worth my time to look into.
Thanks for an actual response! I will probably change my browser because of your recommendations and explanation of why those alternatives are better. I guess Ill do that during lunch or when I get home from work.
… Definitely looking up Floorp because it seems like a great thing to name a browser
On Android I can say Cromite handles lots of tabs pretty well, I forget to close them so I currently have the “:D” icon instead of a number.
I’m happy to hear the response was good, ive had my share of people on lemmy just dismissing whatever is said so it is nice to hear its appreciated.
Floorp isn’t my jam but I do find it interesting. Despite my bitching I believe they’re trying to go for something similar to default brave but with more UI customization (and less crypto and paid services). I tried it out a couple years ago before Firefox had the sidebar option, but Floorp did have a sidebar. I was kinda curious about having a sidebar but it wasnt for me.
They’re both bad.
CEO has been discussed ad infinitum so, here’s why I dont like the browser and feel it is bad:
Its a bloated version of chromium. Its got too many stupid fucking settings you need to turn off to have a halfway decent experience. Examples include (but are not limited to) autofill, brave wallet, brave AI, brave sidebar, braves proxy search engine, that weird brave triangle crypto rewards icon
In addition to that, it’s also chromium based. You are using a browser that supports googles monopoly on the internet.
You can very easily use Cromite (multiplat), Ungoogled Chromium (Desktop), or Vandium (GrapheneOS) if you need a chromium based browser for work or some edge case, and in my experience they feel a lot lighter and faster by default. Cromite has even developed extension support for Android, which to my knowledge is the only chromium based android browser to do so.
If you dont have one of those edge cases, why even support googles monopoly on internet traffic if you don’t need to? LibreWolf, Mullvad Browser, Waterfox, Celenitys Pheonix, IronFox, Tor, Fennec, Floorp so on and so fourth exist. They’re all fantastic, and they cover pretty much every workflow and threat model.
I have a lot of that turned off, I hadnt realized it was such an issue to others. I guess I am pretty likely to fiddle with things.
Support of elgooG is a good reason to convert to another browser.
Cromite does sound more appealing now, I usually have around 50 tabs open, so I dont know how it would handle that. But its definitely worth my time to look into.
Thanks for an actual response! I will probably change my browser because of your recommendations and explanation of why those alternatives are better. I guess Ill do that during lunch or when I get home from work.
… Definitely looking up Floorp because it seems like a great thing to name a browser
On Android I can say Cromite handles lots of tabs pretty well, I forget to close them so I currently have the “:D” icon instead of a number.
I’m happy to hear the response was good, ive had my share of people on lemmy just dismissing whatever is said so it is nice to hear its appreciated.
Floorp isn’t my jam but I do find it interesting. Despite my bitching I believe they’re trying to go for something similar to default brave but with more UI customization (and less crypto and paid services). I tried it out a couple years ago before Firefox had the sidebar option, but Floorp did have a sidebar. I was kinda curious about having a sidebar but it wasnt for me.