Frost Wolf to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoIf you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox nowwww.fastcompany.commessage-square1003fedilinkarrow-up13.36Karrow-down190
arrow-up13.27Karrow-down1external-linkIf you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox nowwww.fastcompany.comFrost Wolf to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square1003fedilink
minus-square@codr9@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoThey use telemetry, trying to push Brave Rewards, Brave Wallet crypto stuff, Brave News. I find that a bit sneaky of a privacy focused browser.
minus-square@perezoso@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoThanks for getting back to me. The rewards was why I signed up. Welp. Hadn’t used Firefox in ages. Stuck it back on asking with uBlock. Quite liking how it blocks pages from jumping to an app. I just need to work out how override it when I actually do occasionally want to follow a link to the playstore!
minus-square@Engywuck@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish-1•2 years agoFirefox does exactly the same: they have a lot of telemetry, they push their own services (pocket/vpn), they are in bed with Google and evil companies such as Amazon… What’s the difference?
minus-square@codr9@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoI did not say there was a difference, I don’t use Firefox because of the bad phone performance.
What’s the sneak stuff in Brave?
They use telemetry, trying to push Brave Rewards, Brave Wallet crypto stuff, Brave News. I find that a bit sneaky of a privacy focused browser.
Thanks for getting back to me. The rewards was why I signed up. Welp.
Hadn’t used Firefox in ages. Stuck it back on asking with uBlock. Quite liking how it blocks pages from jumping to an app.
I just need to work out how override it when I actually do occasionally want to follow a link to the playstore!
Firefox does exactly the same: they have a lot of telemetry, they push their own services (pocket/vpn), they are in bed with Google and evil companies such as Amazon… What’s the difference?
I did not say there was a difference, I don’t use Firefox because of the bad phone performance.