Zorin OS 17.3 replaced the default Browser from Firefox(Old) to Brave(New).
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What's wrong with Brave?
- Based on Chromium so good web support
- Decent privacy
- Built-in adblock
- Easy to customize
- Open Source
It's the browser I've chosen to use after getting fed up w/ Gecko's terrible web compatibility these days (coming from Librewolf).
What's wrong with it? How is it evil?
wrote 7 days ago last edited byWhat's wrong is that we're on the Fediverse and many here write off Brave because the founder is "homophobic" because he's a conservative Christian. Sure, they make up all sorts of shallow justifications like "it's a crypto scam" but it definitely boils down to the "homophobic" whining.
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I hope to see more distros do this. Strongly considering buying a Pro license just to support them for doing the right thing. Screw Mozilla.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byI dunno that I’d consider Brave to be “the right thing” but more variety/competition is best!
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I have ff installed but uses librewolf for most uses. Should I be worried if ff is in my system? Somebody please explain.
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I have ff installed but uses librewolf for most uses. Should I be worried if ff is in my system? Somebody please explain.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byI think we're pretty far from that being a problem
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I feel like if they were gonna go chromium, they should have gone with Vivaldi. It may not be open source but it's not doing a crypto scam. Waterfox would have also been a good choice, probably better because it's Gecko.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byI don't know the details, but I hope they will at least remove the VPN and crypto wallet integrations from the default installed version.
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The distro sucks anyway. They ship really fucking old packages, even more so than Debian or other stable distros.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byWhy are you guys so obsessed with the latest packages? A lot of new stuff doesn't work on older PCs which is also Linux's target market.
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I'm actually not familiar with this distro. But if I installed a Linux distro, and it have brave installed. I would immediately switch.
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Why are you guys so obsessed with the latest packages? A lot of new stuff doesn't work on older PCs which is also Linux's target market.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byNot all of us use older PC's. I really don't care what other people use but I like being on the latest version of whatever software I'm using. Also, I used endeavourOS on a Thinkpad T-420 and didn't have any issues with running the latest software on that laptop from 2012. I'm not saying you haven't had issues but it isn't exactly black or white. Older PC's are not Linux's target market. Everything is Linux's target market. Linux will run on everything from a Pentium II laptop to a $50,000,000 super computer.
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As a Librewolf user I wouldn't make it default for casual users this kind of distro is aiming for. Sure enabling logins to use it as a main browser is piss easy, but that's still more work than the average person wants to put into setting up their system.
Waterfox would be the better choice since it's just default Firefox in every way besides Mozilla's spyware.
wrote 7 days ago last edited bythere’s Zen also. that also has normie defaults, however the drastically changed UI/Uxmight not be for everyone.
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Firefox is bad, Brave is evil. Why did they decide switching is a good idea?
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Not all of us use older PC's. I really don't care what other people use but I like being on the latest version of whatever software I'm using. Also, I used endeavourOS on a Thinkpad T-420 and didn't have any issues with running the latest software on that laptop from 2012. I'm not saying you haven't had issues but it isn't exactly black or white. Older PC's are not Linux's target market. Everything is Linux's target market. Linux will run on everything from a Pentium II laptop to a $50,000,000 super computer.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byNot all of us use older PC's. I really don't care what other people use but I like being on the latest version of whatever software I'm using
I stopped reading about here. I can tell its just a ramble about how the world should appeal to you and you only.
Kind regards.
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Well, Brave is -regardless of the companies decisions- still a damn good browser with many build in essentials (TOR, IPFS, Bittorrent...), so, while I PERSONALLY don't use this anymore (currently I use an heavily patched suckless surf and Dillo) I don't see much wrong in including this in a distribution especially catering to users switching from windows.
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That's gonna be a no from me, dawg
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You could replace "Brave Browser" with Firefox and the statement would still be true.
At least Firefox wasn't caught hijacking affiliate links.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byIs privacyguides wrong?
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“Mozilla has a bit been shady lately, so we are making the difficult decision to change our default browser to something significantly more shady. We are confident our users will feel safer knowing their data is in even worse hands than before"
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What's wrong is that we're on the Fediverse and many here write off Brave because the founder is "homophobic" because he's a conservative Christian. Sure, they make up all sorts of shallow justifications like "it's a crypto scam" but it definitely boils down to the "homophobic" whining.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byFound Brendan Eich's sockpuppet
A conservative can't be a Christian, and vice versa. Jesus was clear: He cares as much about who you sleep with as He does about the fabric of your underwear.
Homophobia is a plenty good reason not to use a browser. Eich is an unscrupulous person at best, and his name leaves a stink on any project he is involved with. Unsurprising that Brave has decided to embrace the crypto fad and is moving towards becoming an ad platform.
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Something ive actually wondered is if firefox is hurting for money so bad why doesnt it allow a toggle where a user can willingly just turn every purchase via the browser into a firefox affiliate link? If the user is approving it and its not a shady forced thing i see no issue with it, and it would generate plenty of revenue without needing to be beholden to ad companies or google. It'd be like allowing users to donate, without actually costing them any extra money, everytime they make an online purchase.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byInstead of thinking up new ways for them to make money, maybe think why they've got money issues.
Maybe it's got something to do with the different CEOs doubling their multi-milion salaries every few years.
Or maybe their numerous idiotic acquisitions like the pocket.
Or maybe they're super strapped for cash because they moved their fuckhead of a CEO to AI development.
I love FF, but fuck Mozilla and everything it represents.
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Probably someone's pet project
wrote 7 days ago last edited byOr, you know, a marketing company that develops a browser maybe bought an ad
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Not all of us use older PC's. I really don't care what other people use but I like being on the latest version of whatever software I'm using
I stopped reading about here. I can tell its just a ramble about how the world should appeal to you and you only.
Kind regards.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byIf you actually read it you'd know that wasn't true. My point was Linux is very scalable and what works for me might not be what works for you and vice verca. Use whatever you want, I don't care. You can use fucking Windows for all I care.
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I think we're pretty far from that being a problem
wrote 6 days ago last edited byThank you. Was out of the loop with ff for a while.