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It's true that it does display ads, and there are links to several cryptocurrency services. They're "safe" ads, and you can turn them off.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

At this point someone might as well go ahead and set up a bot to post a daily “why u no like Brave?!” Megathread.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Weren't there a few privacy guides out there recommending it not too long ago?

I've read why people don't like it and I get it. I never used it myself. But I feel like some people in the privacy space were

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop-browsers/#brave

Brave does get a mention in privacy guides, but the recommended configuration has you manually turning everything off. Think of that what you will

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Personally it doesn't bother me a ton. I feel like I am either doing that or using a fork of something else

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it's a bit annoying. A megathread about the the best privacy focused search engine would be a thing too. :D