Frost Wolf@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIf you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox nowwww.fastcompany.comexternal-linkmessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up1333arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1327arrow-down1external-linkIf you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox nowwww.fastcompany.comFrost Wolf@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square145fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMeanPresentation80@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI personally use brave since a year, and it work like a charm.
minus-squarecodr9@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoBought a new Pixel 7 Pro and wanted to use Firefox but scrolling was just so bad, lots of stuttering. Using Brave now and am very happy with it. You have to turn off some sneaky shit initially though.
minus-squarecodr9@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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-squareperezoso@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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!
I personally use brave since a year, and it work like a charm.
Bought a new Pixel 7 Pro and wanted to use Firefox but scrolling was just so bad, lots of stuttering. Using Brave now and am very happy with it. You have to turn off some sneaky shit initially though.
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!