firefox is a real alternative
“Just use Firefox/Librewolf or any other privacy-conscious browser that isn’t Chromium-based.” I already do, but some websites/platforms don’t play nice on non-Chromium-based browsers due to Google’s monopoly on the web. Sometimes I can afford to not use that website/platform, but unfortunately not always.
Thanks for chiming in 😅.
Yeah the recommendation of Chrome is sus 😅.
Thanks for chiming in. Has there ever been definitive proof that it's inferior to say Chromium (or any other Chromium-based browser for that matter)?
I believe Brave is the most private chromium browser, at least with the installation defaults.
I haven't come across anything that surpasses its defaults yet within the realm of Chromium-based browsers.
As for the controversies with the company, there were some at the beginning stages, but I haven’t heard anything new in quite a while.
Like I said in the original post, those would be secondary reasons after their respective merits in security and privacy had been resolved to a tie. Though, so far, Brave seems to be the clear winner. I would like to thank the Privacy Guides community over at lemmy.one for their engagement and contributions for that*.
Regarding the crypto, vpn, etc bloat, I use Brave on all my devices and all I have to do is hide that stuff after the installation and I’ve never been bothered by pop-ups or similar annoyances. I don’t think it’s more annoying to remove than Firefox with the recommended sites and Pocket.
Yeah, the linked article by Privacy Guides in the original post already shows what should be applied. Some kind of hardening seems to be done first by default anyways, it seems*.
Since you want private browsing, I would also say that a big plus for Brave is that it has built-in Tor browser.
For whatever it's worth, the Privacy Guides team is against using it:
"Brave is not as resistant to fingerprinting as the Tor Browser and far fewer people use Brave with Tor, so you will stand out. Where strong anonymity is required use the Tor Browser."
Chromium vs Brave? Firefox.
“Just use Firefox/Librewolf or any other privacy-conscious browser that isn’t Chromium-based.” I already do, but some websites/platforms don’t play nice on non-Chromium-based browsers due to Google’s monopoly on the web. Sometimes I can afford to not use that website/platform, but unfortunately not always.
😅. Thanks anyways 👍.
Just a few days ago I tried to pay for flight tickets on flypgs.com. Multiple attempts on Firefox didn’t work, while the first attempt on a Chromium-based one did. It might have been a fluke, but every so often issues like these do happen. And for some reason switching the browser does bear a positive result. YMMV though.