minus-squarefox@beehaw.orgtoFree and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•What are some of your favorite Linux FOSS replacements for WIndows software?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoPeople should stay far away from Brave. Brandon Eich’s controversial past and opinions: https://www.theverge.com/2014/4/3/5579516/outfoxed-how-protests-forced-mozillas-ceo-to-resign-in-11-days https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26868536 Anti-vaxxer and far-right conspiracies: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/business/brave-brendan-eich-covid-19.html https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1337496169690230784 https://www.reddit.com/r/BATProject/comments/khmbvl/do_you_feel_that_brendan_should_step_back_from/ https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1538253982845399040 Privacy related: https://www.lifewire.com/brave-browser-falls-short-of-its-promises-of-privacy-5206799 Brave automatically redirected searches to affiliated versions which they profited from: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21283769/brave-browser-affiliate-links-crypto-privacy-ceo-apology Brave collected donations on content creators behalf without consent: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-browser-no-longer-claims-to-fundraise-on-behalf-of-others-so-thats-nice/ Brave leaked Tor/Onion service requests through DNS: https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/lndfms/more_in_comments_brave_browser_leaks_your_tor/ Brave sent unsolicited marketing mail to users, though they claimed it was anonymous: https://twitter.com/sebmck/status/1531740563900448769 https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/t4gzuw/update_on_braves_ongoing_direct_mail_marketing/ Brave temporarily whitelisted certain Facebook and Twitter trackers without telling users: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19129309 linkfedilink
minus-squarefox@beehaw.orgtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•what web browser do you use and why?linkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoFirefox for personal. Chrome for work. linkfedilink
People should stay far away from Brave.
Brandon Eich’s controversial past and opinions:
https://www.theverge.com/2014/4/3/5579516/outfoxed-how-protests-forced-mozillas-ceo-to-resign-in-11-days
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26868536
Anti-vaxxer and far-right conspiracies:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/business/brave-brendan-eich-covid-19.html
https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1337496169690230784
https://www.reddit.com/r/BATProject/comments/khmbvl/do_you_feel_that_brendan_should_step_back_from/
https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1538253982845399040
Privacy related:
https://www.lifewire.com/brave-browser-falls-short-of-its-promises-of-privacy-5206799
Brave automatically redirected searches to affiliated versions which they profited from:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21283769/brave-browser-affiliate-links-crypto-privacy-ceo-apology
Brave collected donations on content creators behalf without consent:
https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-browser-no-longer-claims-to-fundraise-on-behalf-of-others-so-thats-nice/
Brave leaked Tor/Onion service requests through DNS:
https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/lndfms/more_in_comments_brave_browser_leaks_your_tor/
Brave sent unsolicited marketing mail to users, though they claimed it was anonymous:
https://twitter.com/sebmck/status/1531740563900448769
https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/t4gzuw/update_on_braves_ongoing_direct_mail_marketing/
Brave temporarily whitelisted certain Facebook and Twitter trackers without telling users:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19129309