05-04-2019, 04:36 PM
(05-04-2019, 04:09 PM)genba Wrote: i'm going to check brave out, but i have my concerns about it. they've been manually advertising on several youtube channels i watch... which i have mixed feelings about. could be a fancy honeypot. seems brave is all about serving you ads, but in a different manner from usual. we'll see.
should probably just use debian or linux for browsing and shit, and only have windows for games.
I've been using Brave for a few weeks since Mozilla and Google both banned Dissenter from their add-on stores. (I don't use Dissenter, but I hate fascist corporate censorship.)
I haven't seen a single ad since I've been using it. As with all browsers, I installed uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger immediately after installing Brave.
The only major drawback I've seen is that Brave tenaciously caches CSS and JavaScript files, which is a pain in the ass when you're developing and need to constantly refresh the page. I keep the settings tab open and automatically clear cached files before reloading now. I wish I could find this famous "developer mode" I keep hearing about. I think I saw a button for it once by chance, but I don't have a clue where it's hidden.
