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minus-squarePeffselinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·7 months agoI dumped Brave when it decided to install its VPN as a service without my consent. I had so much trouble ripping out all the traces of that.
minus-squareTheGrandNaguslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoI completely forgot about that. Yeah, it’s fucked. Imagine if you bought a Microsoft game, say Forza, and it installed a bunch of candy crush games alongside it without asking you. It’s scummy as fuck.
I dumped Brave when it decided to install its VPN as a service without my consent. I had so much trouble ripping out all the traces of that.
I completely forgot about that. Yeah, it’s fucked.
Imagine if you bought a Microsoft game, say Forza, and it installed a bunch of candy crush games alongside it without asking you.
It’s scummy as fuck.