• @OrangeCorvus
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    3433 months ago

    Yeah but Brave? Why not Firefox or Vivaldi.

    • Norgur
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      Forgive them. They aren’t used to choosing their browser yet.

      • @[email protected]
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        803 months ago

        They’re Apple users. They aren’t used to making any decisions when it comes to how their phones work

        • @Nurgle
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          123 months ago

          I’d defend myself, but I work in digital marketing so I’m not going to dissuade anyone from using AdWords… I mean Android.

        • @cmbabul
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          13 months ago

          Don’t lump us all in with them, Safari with Adblock extensions on mobile, Firefox everywhere else

        • @kameecoding
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          We don’t have to, cuz they work 😉

            • @kameecoding
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              They also work how I want them to, well instead of having to fight my own phone, it just works, go figure

              • @[email protected]
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                Oh give me a break with this nonsense. Android has an 80% global market share, your average dipshit uses it just fine. It also “just works” and very frequently works better than iOS.

                Safari is a shit tier browser when it comes to web standards and performance. It’s hilarious how iOS users try so hard to justify blowing $1000 on a phone when an Android 1/2 of the price does exactly the same thing and is just as easy to use. Why can’t you just enjoy your apple garbage without having this weird superiority complex?

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                  Uff, projecting a bit aren’t we? I didn’t start the flame war, the other guy started by shitting on iphone users.

                  And yes, android phones do the 80% of Iphones for less money, but you know what? Those last 20% I do care about.

                  Just something as simple as switching my wireless earbuds between my computer and phone seamlessly, compare the experience between android + windows/linux and the experience with Iphone + macbook with airpods.

                  Small shit like that " just working" makes a huge difference in UX and thats what I care about.

                  Not sure how Safari being garbage is relevant, so is chrome, I use firefox, so, whatever?

                  I have has wireless bluetooth earbuds since like 2018, all of them had the issue that if I put my phone in certain pockets they would cut out, etc.

                  Even my airpods had that issue with my latest OnePlus phone, guess what, never happened once with Iphone, it just works, I don’t have to think about which pocket I should be putting my phone into.

                  The most annoying thing about the Iphone is the keyboard, but I am getting used to it, tried swiftkey, but just as much of a laggy poece of shit as it is on android

                • @kameecoding
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                  Whatever you need to tell yourself, lol

      • @OrangeCorvus
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        63 months ago

        Ok you get a free pass, make sure it doesn’t happen again :)

    • Refurbished Refurbisher
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      Vivaldi is a proprietary rebranding of Chromium. Can’t say I’d recommend it over (or in addition to) Firefox.

      We need less forks of Chromium. Any one company (Google in this case) having total control over browser engines is dangerous, and is a big reason why the whole Apple/Safari/Webkit situation is such a big deal to begin with.

      • @[email protected]
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        333 months ago

        Remember kids, if it’s Chromium based, it’s still part of the problem. The Chromium project only exists to provide the illusion of choice. Don’t let Google have the power to dictate web standards at will.

        • @[email protected]
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          The worrisome thing is that there’s no alternative other than Firefox, or Safari on Apple platforms. Every single other browser is Chromium.

          We must defend Firefox at all costs, it’s the last glimmer of freedom.

          • @[email protected]
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            33 months ago

            Every single other browser is Chromium.

            One exception I’m aware of: GNOME Web (aka epiphany-browser) uses WebKitGTK, which is based on Apple’s WebKit rather than Google’s Chromium/Blink. But it’s Linux desktops first and foremost. Not on mobile platforms, not exactly intended for Windows (might be usable with Cygwin/WSL) or macOS (seems to be on MacPorts) either, and even on non-GNOME desktops like KDE it might seem a bit out of place.

            I daily drive Firefox but Epiphany is my first choice fallback on the rare occasion I encounter a site that’s broken on Firefox.

      • @OrangeCorvus
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        True but if you use Vivaldi and then you try to go back to Firefox, it’s like going back in the early 2000s. I always say this, Firefox should have been like Vivaldi. Super customizable and packed with features. Instead you have to rely on extensions and thus put your trust in the creator of said extension that they will not sell it. Heck even with extensions, trying to mimic the new tab page from Vivaldi is a masterclass in patience.

    • @hOrni
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      Vivaldi is my go to browser. Brave does a better job with blocking ads. I’m switching to Brave whenever I need to stream something on a site loaded with ads, or when YouTube manages to detect my Adblock for a few days.

      • @[email protected]
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        Not like uBlock Origin is a thing?
        Can it really get better than that and consent-o-matic?

        • @hOrni
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          I am using uBlock Origin on my Vivaldi. It doesn’t block everything.

        • @Cryophilia
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          “This Other Browser is just as good as Brave*!”

          *if you install x, y, and z and uninstall a and b

            • @Cryophilia
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              You think Firefox is the only browser that can use extensions and add-ons? Brave just doesn’t need them for adblock because it’s built in. But, like all chromium browsers, you can use loads of extensions for loads of use cases. Anything that works on Chrome works on Brave.

              • @Resonosity
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                It’s maybe a few clicks to find the add-ons store in Firefox then searching “uBlock Origin”. Hell, when I switched to Firefox last year, I want to say there was even an onboarding that pointed me to the extension upon setup.

                • @Cryophilia
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                  So, back to my original point.

      • @[email protected]
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        93 months ago

        I don’t like that you can’t use the Dark Reader extension on mobile in Vivaldi. I like all of my websites to be dark.

    • strawberry
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      as someone said, its randomised, and I’m sure that other browsers also saw more downloads

    • @[email protected]
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      Vivaldi is extremely slow on IOS and 2gb+ big. Firefox has no extensions so no Adblock. Generally there are few privacy friendly/Foss browsers on IOS.

      • @[email protected]
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        Firefox has no extensions so no Adblock.

        That’s because so far every browser on iOS had to use WebKit as it’s HTML rendering engine, meaning that even if you installed another browser manually you were basically still using Safari under the hood. IIRC the new DMA rules include allowing other browser engines like Gecko, so Mozilla is probably already working on making addons available. I mean they are available on Android, so why wouldn’t they make them available on iOS now that they finally can?

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          I wouldn’t be sure because of how stupid Apples compliance is. But if they do I would definitely switch. I guess it’s just going to be Firefox focus until then.

      • @[email protected]
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        You can get one but not the other. Orion has been pretty solid for me, has all the lovey iOS integration so the happy chemicals Apple spent R&D on does it’s magic while blocking all sorts of things, but it’s closed source :/

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        Generally there are few privacy friendly/Foss browsers on IOS.

        Um, Safari is so privacy friendly that Google regularly asks me if I’m human. For example it has “private relay” which is similar to TOR* so trackers don’t even know your IP address — combine that with blocking third party cookies (and even some first party cookies) by default and providing false data to fight fingerprinting even if you don’t block trackers entirely - and blocking them entirely is as simple as installing an extension. Private Relay also adds a layer of encryption on top of DNS queries and otherwise unencrypted http traffic… so your ISP/Cellular provider/Work/School/abusive husband/etc can’t track you

        99.99% of the Safari’s code is FOSS — dual licensed under LGPL and BSD.

        It’s not the browser I use - pretty lacking in the feature department, but it’s definitely more pro-privacy than Brave or FireFox. I’ve never had to jump through a captcha to use Google in those browsers.

        (* if anything, it’s better than TOR… with that service there’s a risk your entry/exit nodes are tracking you. With Private Relay it’s always one of Apple’s servers for the entry node and a reputable cloud company like Akamai for the exit node. Both would have to be compromised in order to identify you… maybe a nation state can do that, but a big data tracking company definitely can’t)

        • @smolyeet
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          I mean they did say few. Generally speaking, every browser is basically safari (WebKit) on iOS and apple doesn’t allow support for 3rd party browser extensions (least natively, Orion supports this somehow). So you’re already limited in that regard. If you don’t use safari , a browser like FF + VPN is IMO a better experience. You also have the option of just using wireguard and controlling your traffic at home/VPS if you’re into that.

          WebKit might be open source but the browser deployed by apple is not. That’s like saying chrome is open source. They both use open source engines.

        • @[email protected]
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          Man imagine being so far up apples butt that you actually think Safari is safer than tor

        • @[email protected]
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          it’s definitely more pro-privacy than Brave or FireFox. I’ve never had to jump through a captcha to use Google in those browsers.

          You have this backwards. Google showing you captchas is basically them saying they can’t match your browser to any know (shadow) profile they have already stored. So they aren’t sure you are a human and if so which one specifically. Getting harassed with a captcha is essentially like a badge of honour for your browsers privacy settings.

          • @[email protected]
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            No they don’t, that’s exactly what they said. Safari makes them do CAPTCHAs so it is the most privacy friendly. It is true that it has better blocking features than Firefox on iOS (because Firefox doesn’t have extensions).

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              Firefox is deliberately gimped by Apple on iOS, along with every other browser. It’s not a fair comparison. It’s basically Safari without a ton of extra features that Mozilla was never going to be allowed to implement, which is why the EU decided Apple was being anti-competitive.

              Firefox doesn’t even need extensions to match Safari, but it does need gecko and all the settings it supports on other platforms.

              Apple is a shady company and trusting them with your data is a big mistake.

              • @[email protected]
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                I don’t disagree that Firefox is deliberately gimped, and it’s built in blocking features on desktop match Safari on iOS. I’m not sure I really agree that Apple is a “shady company,” in many respects they are doing a good job with end to end encryption and ensuring that they don’t have access to your data in the first place (not to excuse their extreme walled garden approach, which stifles competition and limits good options like Firefox [real Firefox] with uBlock Origin [or uMatrix]).

    • Bobby Turkalino
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      Because it blocks ads out of the box. I know its new tab screen causes a lot of y’all’s buttholes to clench because it mentions cryptocurrency, but there are harder things to ignore

      • @[email protected]
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        Careful, if you try to advocate or defend Brave on Lemmy, you’re stepping on a minefield.

        • Bobby Turkalino
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          Idk if I would advocate for or defend it, but I find mobile ads especially abhorrent cuz they take up more relative space on the screen and my upload speed isn’t good enough to be VPNing through my pihole anytime I’m outside the house

          iOS browsers are just skins for Safari anyways, and Brave addresses my issue out of the box, so yeah

    • Aatube
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      Because it’s listed as the first item on the browser choice screen for some reason, probably

      • @FatCatOP
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        The list is randomized, I’ve seen several screenshots with different order.

      • @TheMinions
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        I mean it’s probably just alphabetical, but I wouldn’t know for sure.

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          The second one is Edge, and Aloha Browser exists

    • @latetolemmy
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      Cause Firefox is trash and Mozilla a shell of their former selves?

      Also it’s so liberating to speak your mind without caring what some scrub with his sweaty fingers on the downvote button thinks

    • @[email protected]
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      firefox sucks for most people and vivaldi it’s too complicated to configure + it looks like pure bloat

      • @[email protected]
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        Why does it suck though? Works fine for me. Granted, I’m a software engineer, but even looking through my “end user glasses”, I don’t see anything wrong with it.

        • @WarlordSdocy
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          I wouldn’t say Firefox sucks but there are definitely some things that made me use Edge occasionally back when I used Firefox as my main browser. It was mainly stuff like a webpage that doesn’t support Firefox and extensions not having a Firefox version. Which sure aren’t problems with FireFox, it’s more a problem of it not having enough adoption, but to an end user if the thing they wanna use doesn’t work in FireFox but works in Chrome then that’s FireFox’s fault.

          • @[email protected]
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            I’ve used edge before my university disabled profile syncing (only reason I was using it, to be honest). Edge was fine. Switched to Firefox just to see how it is nowadays, never looked back. Honestly, can’t think of any extension I’m missing. Got quite a few myself, but probably not the same niche as you.
            So far I haven’t encountered broken websites yet. Fingers crossed to keep it that way. Though I’ll probably steer clear of such a website unless absolutely necessary.

        • @latetolemmy
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          Granted, I’m a software engineer,

          Lmao love how you inserted “software engineer” there like that supposed to mean something.

          • @[email protected]
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            In this context, maybe it kinda does. We tend to be techies, so a bit more accustomed to shitty UI/UX than most users.

      • SeaJ
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        I have very few issues with Firefox. I fine across a site that does not render properly maybe once every other month. I did have some resource issues with it in Windows 10 with it using too much RAM (regularly using 3-4GB) but that has been fixed since I switch to Linux.

        • @[email protected]
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          every site i use is slow af in librewolf (basically firefox) and also uses a lot of resources more than chromium based browsers

  • @[email protected]
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    For god sakes don’t use Brave. Brave has been caught doing shady shit in the past, and the CEO is a piece of shit on top of that.

    Use Firefox with privacy addons.

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      Vivaldi and Firefox are better choices.

      PS: considering reviewing Brave again. Everyone should contribute to their source code.

      • hannes3120
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        Vivaldi is the best!

        Currently trying out Floorp as a Firefox fork for the possibility that Google’s disabling of adblockers in the manifest will make it impossible to use chromium browsers which is kind of good, too

        But Vivaldi rules as long as chromium is an option!

        • Madis
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          Floorp looks nice and customizable, but in terms of updates it doesn’t seem very sustainable yet.

          • hannes3120
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            I get updates every other week

            but I think it’s in a weird spot with not having regular English patchnotes - and afaik they also use an older rendering-engine

            • Madis
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              Ahh, now that explains why I just saw a smaller number.

              Floorp is based on Firefox ESR. Floorp will be updated every 4 weeks, with security updates provided before each Firefox release.

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      But in iOS , addons (ublock origin) are not available at least outside EU, so brave is the better choice as it got brave shield . everywhere else I use Firefox.

      • @cmbabul
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        This isn’t true, Safari has that exact extension

          • @cmbabul
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            I’m going to do my best to give this answer when I’m less drunk tomorrow

          • @cmbabul
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            So you’re gonna want do a space+command and type extensions, that should open the App Store to where you want to be, unlock is one of the top extensions.

    • @[email protected]
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      Wasn’t the Brave CEO formerly the Mozilla CEO, back when Mozilla was doing a good job?

          • @TheGrandNagus
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            Mozilla was doing poorly when he was CEO as well. Google has been doing everything they can to force Chrome.

            He was CEO for 11 days and in that time all he did was cause a bunch of websites to show a banner requesting that users install a different browser in order to not support a homophobe.

            There was also a boatload of articles about his homophobia that brought Mozilla into disrepute.

            • @[email protected]
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              The problem is appointing Mozilla leadership based on ideological purity rather than technical merit.

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                Firstly, who says that’s happening?

                And secondly, this isn’t entirely about purity - even if you personally (and I’m not saying this is your view, btw) don’t give the slightest fuck about gay people and you’re fine with them having fewer rights/fine with others actively trying to strip their rights away - others aren’t, and it’s harmful to the business.

                Eich was CEO for 11 days and achieved nothing other than a Firefox boycott, dozens of negative Firefox headlines, and Firefox being known as the homophobic browser.

                Even from a cold-hearted “fuck human rights, I care only about market share” POV, Eich was still an awful CEO decision.

          • @[email protected]
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            Would you hire a bigot to run your company so long as the numbers go up? Fuck that mentality.

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      There is one issues though… Firefox is extremely slow and clunky. I hate to say it, but on mobile it is hard to use all the time for me. On desktop I’m Firefox 95% of the time but some sites don’t work very well with the much slower JavaScript engine. This isn’t to defend Brave or any chromium browser but we gotta get Firefox up to speed.

      • @the16bitgamer
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        This is on iOS. There is no Firefox (geko) or Chromium, there is only skins of Safari so your point is moot. For now.

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        Firefox and chromium both outperform Safari in performance tests, or roughly the same depending on the setup.

        It’s Safari that’s the third rate browser. No one would use that shit if it hadn’t been forced on them and if the other vendors weren’t restricted by Apple.

        There’s a reason Apple stopped making Safari for other platforms. It never caught on, 'cause it sucks. Safari can’t compete without Apple kneecapping the competition. They’re like a sports team that can’t win without playing on their home turf at 10000 ft altitude where they pump in crowd noise and drug the other team’s gatorade

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          Wow safari is shit. I didn’t know it was that far behind. Damn. Well, to be fair my problem is my Pixel 6 is a slow ass buggy Google nightmare product. Firefox probably works fine on a Samsung phone but then I can’t install GrapheneOS. Yet I have never bothered so… Samsung and their locked bootloader may be preferable just so Firefox has more hardware to run on lol.

      • RedSeries
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        I feel like Firefox has made some really great strides on the performance front. Especially considering how bloated chrome has gotten as a comparison. But… Yeah that’s valid. I love Firefox like 99% of the time but sometimes I’m almost forced to swap to Chrome to get a site to work correctly or reliably.

        • @markon
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          Site devs need to see the threat from browser engine monopolies too. Valve literally started pouring resources into Linux gaming just because Microsoft looked like they were trying to dominate game stores on Windows. Chromium actually dominates the web. I guess at least base chromium is open source. Still though, one of those markets is way bigger than the other and it definitely isn’t Linux gaming. (God I love Proton/WINE and how far we’ve come!)

      • @dai
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        Firefox is fine on mobile in my eyes.

        At least the Android version, even on my 5 year old Exynos phone it does what I need / want from a browser. Allows (some) extensions, lets me zoom wherever I want to on any page, has a reader mode and is snappy enough on old hardware.

        Chrome tries to be / do far too much for me, just fuck off and let me browse the web. I do like the dynamic colours that Chrome on mobile uses on different webpages, is hot.

        However Chrome gives me dirty Microsoft vibes, and it’s pretty hard to shake that stank.

        If your on iOS welcome to the walled garden. Hope you live in the EU.

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        I just have a shitty phone. Lol don’t buy a Pixel 6. (Unless you pick it up really cheap for temporary use)

  • @[email protected]
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    Brave is garbage. It’s a cryptoscam adscam browser based on Chrome. For the love of god, use Firefox (or Vivaldi if you absolutely need chromium)

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      I can’t say I disagree, I’ve long abandoned it on my PC.

      But Brave has superb AdBlocking capabilities compared to every other browser for iPhone, so I’m still using it on my phone.

      • @Samueru
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        But Brave has superb AdBlocking capabilities compared to every other browser for iPhone

        It is the same on android, it even lets me watch youtube vids without ads and in the background.

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          On Android you can use Firefox + uBlock Origin now

          • @Samueru
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            Las time I could not watch youtube vids in the background in firefox.

            I also had trouble getting files that download multiple files at once to work on firefox.

    • @meliaesc
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      Unfortunately brave has the best desktop layout when using Samsung DeX.

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          Oh, haven’t tried that one. I have just experienced the awful aspect ratio on Firefox.

      • @RGB3x3
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        It allows Google to continue controlling the Internet.

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      At least on android Firefox has Google tracking built into the app among much other tracking/ads. If you don’t like Brave you may want to consider a Firefox fork. On IOS Brave is the only big browser with competent adblock afaik until/unless Firefox gets extensions going.

      Edit: I forgot criticizing Firefox is wrongthink on the fediverse and will get you donwnvoted no matter what. Even if it’s in the context of advising people to switch FROM Brave TO a Firefox fork on Android.

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        On IOS Brave is the only big browser with competent adblock afaik until/unless Firefox gets extensions going.

        Safari + AdGuard gave me no issues so far.

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          Safari ain’t perfect but it’s leagues better than brave

      • Fushuan [he/him]
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        I’m not sure if fennec has it, it’s the core Firefox android build that is not published to the store.

        • @[email protected]
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          Fennec doesn’t have any of it (Google Analytics, Pocket, Mozilla Tracking), which is why it’s my choice of mobile browser. It’s on FDroid

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      Brave is great, has configurable keybinds, nice default adblock block list, vertical tabs, syncing sessions without email, etc.

      And on android it can play youtube vids on the background.

      The crypto ads just get disabled on the new tab page, you don’t even have to go to the settings lol. And vivaldi is partially closed source btw.

      • @[email protected]
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        There are crypto ads involved in the product though? Fuck that, even if it was default off

        • @Samueru
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          Brave is an interesting case, they found a way to make money that doesn’t involve tracking their users, making deals with google or be closed source lol

          If you hate that fine, I definitely prefer that than the other alternatives lol.

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      >Cryptoscam

      I turned it off

      >Adscam

      I turned them off

      >Based on chrome

      Chromium

      >use Firefox

      No.

  • @[email protected]
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    Chart is a little misleading starting at 7% instead of zero, but still a nice surge nevertheless.

    • @FatCatOP
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      True. Other people asked so they posted another one.

      • @IzzyScissor
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        IMO, this makes it look even worse.

        • Pirky
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          Even then, this is still a solid 30-40% increase in downloads. That’s statistically significant right there.

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          33 months ago

          Worse, or… “better”?

      • @scarabic
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        The total numbers are so small that the shape of the line barely matters. 7-10k installs daily? In the mobile browser market? There are plant identification apps with better numbers.

    • @matticusrex
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      Is that 7% or 7,000 installs total? The axis isn’t labeled!!

      • Pirky
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        I see a k following the numbers, so I’m assuming that’s total number of downloads.

      • @matticusrex
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        233 months ago

        Article states installs per day

    • @Kinglink
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      Not even seven percent. Lol. Seven thousand which is probably like .0001 percent.

      • @the_kung_fu_emu
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        That’s new daily installs though, so cumulative number. I don’t think they’re trying to draw a comparison, just show the increase.

  • @pHr34kY
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    That graph is trash. The baseline needs to be at zero.

    • @ArtVandelay
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      That graph hurts my data scientist heart

      • @[email protected]
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        It’s common practice to cut the y axis, did you guys not cover that in visualisation?

    • @agelord
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      Could you please clarify why the baseline needs to be at 0? I’m genuinely curious.

      • @[email protected]
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        This graph gives the impression that the total installation number has been multipliés x4 or X5 while it is not the case when looking at the raw numbers.

        Any variation can look impressive if you zoom enough, that’s why you need a baseline at 0. This way you see thé entire scale of the phenomenon

        • @[email protected]
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          This graph gives the impression that the total installation number has been multipliés x4 or X5

          How so? It goes from ~7 to ~11. That’s not even x2.

          • @[email protected]
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            It goes from ~7 to ~11. That’s not even x2.

            Yes but the graph goes from 2 rectangles above the bottom line to 8 rectangles above the bottom line in that final surge.
            So visually, it looks like it has quadrupled.

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              While I agree for the sake of clarity, a bigger problem is that it only goes back less than 2 months. Has the number of installs been steady at 7k for a long time? Or does it fluctuate wildly like this occasionally for reasons totally unrelated to laws?

              • @[email protected]
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                I was just clarifying the original comment about the baseline not being 0.
                Tbh, I hadn’t even looked at it properly and only noticed now that the timeline isn’t one month per box.

    • @Ross_audio
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      No it doesn’t.

      It’s meant to illustrate a change and it does so perfectly fine. It’s not a scientific paper.

      It’s a 32-34% increase looking at the graph. That’s significant enough to shout about.

      Imagine any change you could make surprising competition by 25% in any market. That’s huge.

      • @[email protected]
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        It’s meant to illustrate a change and it does so perfectly fine

        Define “perfectly fine”. It is clearly exaggerating the change. At a glance it looks more like a 5 times increase, not a 30% increase.

        • @ArtVandelay
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          Of lies, damned lies, and statistics this graph is certainly one of them.

      • @Potatos_are_not_friends
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        Did you know that disco record sales were up 400% for the year ending 1976, if these trends continue…AY!

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        It’s a 32-34% increase looking at the graph

        But you don’t get that percentage from looking at the graph. You get that from looking at the numbers.
        The graph height increases by 300% in the last 3 months 9 days.

      • @[email protected]
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        You could say the same about a 0.001 difference if you zoom in on the y-axis. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

        • @Ross_audio
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          A 0.001 difference on a 0.004 total would be worth showing.

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              I’m sticking with relevance. A >25% rise is what we’re talking about.

  • @just_change_it
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    I mean sure I guess… but brave as a browser is atrocious. I don’t trust their bullshit at all.

    After all who doesn’t want a crypto wallet in their browser? that’s the safest place for it right?

    • FauxPseudo
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      I guess if you have no experience with it then that’s a perfect response. Meanwhile I’ve got $72 worth of BAT in mine and if it vanished I’d be perfectly fine losing money I never actually owned. I donate to DDG and Wikipedia each month with mine. That’s money they didn’t have so they are fine with that.

      I used to have a lot less but this crypto spike has increased it by a lot so my holdings are exceeding my donations. Might need to give away more.

      • FauxPseudo
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        I’m seeing a lot of down votes but no counter arguments.

  • Kairos
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    Reminder that this graph does not start at zero. Still a ~(EDIT: 50)% increase.

    • @iAvicenna
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      take home message from this graph: if we shift the graph down by ~7K, you can see that we have roughly increased our user base by a factor of 100!

      • @KredeSeraf
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        9.33262154 × 10157% is a pretty sick increase, all things considered.

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    I’ve been using Firefox on my android phones for years though, I don’t remember it ever being more involved then setting it as default on the popup on first launch.

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          I’m pretty sure the term jailbreak comes from the term “jail” being used on FreeBSD, which iOS is based on, which is an application sandboxing tool, therefore, a “jailbreak” is a method to escape that sandbox and gain elevated permissions to the system.

          iOS being a jail is a pretty apt analogy, regardless, though.

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        I guess, but it’s like a 2 foot high fence

        • @DrCake
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          On iOS the browser isn’t really Firefox. It’s just a re-skinned Safari due to apples rules. I think now they are allowed to ship their own engines

    • @Therealgoodjanet
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      I have been using Firefox as the default browser on my iPhone for a while now. It wasn’t complicated to setup either.

      • @utopiah
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        Same here but it’s not Firefox with its own Engine, it’s a Firefox frontend for WebKit with some of Apple’s restriction.

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      deleted by creator

    • @[email protected]
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      There are a bunch of apps that strictly require Chrome for their in-app custom tabs, though. I have to re-install Chrome on occasion because I can’t log into apps without it. Also, having Chrome installed at all makes it impossible to NOT set a default browser (i.e. to have it ask every time), which is what I prefer since I use several different browsers for different use cases. (Note: this is on Pixel. Never had that problem on my older phones.)

      • @[email protected]
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        While we can, we should reject those sites and program them to the standards.
        Including that some features are optional.

      • @[email protected]
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        I have Firefox set up and never was the in-app browser firefox

        How I know? I have dark reader active on those pages and usually websites don’t reflect system primary settings.

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          I think it used to be possible to set your default “custom tabs” browser as well, but I don’t think it is anymore. I’m not totally sure though.

          I don’t know why these apps use custom tabs in the first place. It’s always struck me as a solution in search of a problem.

  • @fne8w2ah
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    Still wouldn’t touch Brave Browser due to their past crypto shenanigans.

    • @[email protected]
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      Please forgive my ignorance. Can’t you shut that shit off? Does shenanigans still apply?

      • @skeezix
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        They apply after you shut them off

    • @ArtVandelay
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      It is misleading. In a reputable graph, your y axis would start at zero

      • @[email protected]
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        Nah. I hear your complaint but look up any stock ticker. Starting at 0 would simply cause too much white space and make it hard to see movements.

        The y-axis is clearly labeled allowing us to see that it’s about a 40% jump.

      • @[email protected]
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        No the axis shows a detailed increase with clearly stated numbers. This is just the first impression.

        We are not talking about Apple graph madness

        apple bullshit

      • @[email protected]
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        Not really, no. You use a point of reference that’s clearly labeled. If you’d start the graph at zero, you would just end up with a lot of dead space.

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    The axis is somewhat misleading. A jump from 8k to 11k installs is nothing.

    Edit: just saw from the comments this is the number of installs per day so its bigger than I thought

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      A jump from 8k to 11k installs is nothing.

      It’s about a third. Imagine if your income went up by 30% in 24 hours, I reckon you’d be pretty happy about that.

      Also - it tends to take months for a new version of iOS to reach a large number of users, and years to reach everyone. So a rapid growth rate (probably not 30%, but still fast) is likely to be sustained over quite a while.

      • @Kbobabob
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        Yeah, I’m sure a lot of people are trying it out. I’m curious what the other options look like and how many continue using them after the initial install.

    • Eager Eagle
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      that’s a ~40% increase looking like a 300% increase

    • @SchmidtGenetics
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      Read the left side? 7k-11k, the removed useless information, provided you read what is actually there first.

      • strawberry
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        no one reads that. didn’t even bother to look. should be more transparent IMO but whatever

        • @SchmidtGenetics
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          If you don’t how are you supposed to know what information it’s telling you? It could shades of purple for all you know.

          • @[email protected]
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            If you realize how most people act and think, you can tell them lies while telling the truth. Which is what people are usually trying to do when they start graphs away from zero.

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              Or it’s removing white space so you can actually see the difference in the data. Like stocks, if stocks started at zero, you wouldn’t be able to see day to day or even a week to week difference…. Not everything can be covered by general rules.

              You can only properly understand the data by reading it, if you glance at it and make assumptions and conclusions, that only speaks volumes about yourself.

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                If counting from 1 to eleven is too hard for you, I don’t think observing that the scale is from 7 to 11 is within your grasp. So, why do this. Absolutely, there are reasons to not start a scale from zero, stocks are a great example, but I don’t think those reasons apply to this graph or the information they’re trying to convey.

                • @SchmidtGenetics
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                  Yeah… it just doesn’t work with the given information, there is actually a reason why they specifically posted the other one….

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            well yea but this also isn’t like important stuff so I didn’t bother looking

              • strawberry
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                you say that as if everyone analyses every aspect of everything they encounter. most people will glance at the graph, see a huge jump, and not look into it more. that’s why statistics are so easy to falsify or make misleading

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                  If you want to engage in a conversation or use that information, yes you should properly read it. What could possibly be added to a discussion otherwise? Just having people have to correct and call out your bullshit? Lmfao.

                  Since you are engaging in comments within a post about this, everyone would assume you read the graph properly, since you obviously can’t add to a conversation without actually knowing the information.

                  So yes, leave your idiocy elsewhere next time, read the shit, or don’t add your opinion, really simple concept.

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      Welcome to the transparency of Brave !