Frost Wolf@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIf you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox nowwww.fastcompany.comexternal-linkmessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1332arrow-down1external-linkIf you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox nowwww.fastcompany.comFrost Wolf@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square146fedilinkfile-text
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!
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!