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minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·3 months agoBrave has built-in wallet support and such, but I don’t think it does any mining, does it? It just has its own opt-in ad system to pays out in crypto and is also owned by a turd.
minus-squarePeffse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·3 months agoI dumped Brave when it decided to install its VPN as a service without my consent. I had so much trouble ripping out all the traces of that.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI completely forgot about that. Yeah, it’s fucked. Imagine if you bought a Microsoft game, say Forza, and it installed a bunch of candy crush games alongside it without asking you. It’s scummy as fuck.
minus-squareTywèle [she|her]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·3 months agoBeing owned by a turd is reason enough not to use it.
minus-squareLunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoI use tons of software developed by people with whom I would probably disagree on politics. Rejecting a program because one of the developers said something you didn’t like is just childish.
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months agoThat entirely depends on if there’s an equivalent developed by not an asshole.
minus-squareTywèle [she|her]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIt’s not childish it’s acting according to principles and being consistent.
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·3 months agoVivaldi is similar but nicer.
Brave has built-in wallet support and such, but I don’t think it does any mining, does it? It just has its own opt-in ad system to pays out in crypto and is also owned by a turd.
I dumped Brave when it decided to install its VPN as a service without my consent. I had so much trouble ripping out all the traces of that.
I completely forgot about that. Yeah, it’s fucked.
Imagine if you bought a Microsoft game, say Forza, and it installed a bunch of candy crush games alongside it without asking you.
It’s scummy as fuck.
Being owned by a turd is reason enough not to use it.
I use tons of software developed by people with whom I would probably disagree on politics.
Rejecting a program because one of the developers said something you didn’t like is just childish.
That entirely depends on if there’s an equivalent developed by not an asshole.
It’s not childish it’s acting according to principles and being consistent.
Vivaldi is similar but nicer.